The powerful U.S. House Oversight and Accountability Committee has announced a hearing that will examine the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with committee members questioning FDA Commissioner Robert Califf. Califf will face scrutiny on a wide variety of topics, including the agency\u2019s tobacco and nicotine product regulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a press release, the hearing \u201cwill examine the Oversight Committee\u2019s ongoing investigations into the Food and Drug Administration\u2019s (FDA) response to several issues, including the infant formula crisis and food safety, drug shortages, facility inspections, hemp regulation, regulation of tobacco and nicotine products, and over-the-counter decongestants.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The hearing is scheduled for April 11 at 1:00 p.m. EDT, and will be streamed live on the committee website and YouTube. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The committee announced last year it was investigating the FDA Center for Tobacco Products (CTP)\u2014the agency\u2019s tobacco regulatory office. In a March 2023 letter to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) cited numerous problems at CTP\u2014including improper political influence\u2014most of which were highlighted in the 2022 Reagan-Udall Foundation (RUF) evaluation of FDA tobacco regulatory practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe have deep concerns,\u201d wrote Comer in his letter to Califf, \u201cthat CTP\u2019s decisions have been influenced by political concerns rather than scientific evidence. Comments from FDA staff to RUF\u2026reflect such concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00a0Other members of Congress have also questioned the agency\u2019s commitment to fair vaping regulation. In December 2023, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators asked Califf to explain the FDA\u2019s premarket tobacco application (PMTA) process, which has resulted in just seven authorized vaping devices, despite millions of PMTAs submitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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