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S. 4492 116th Congress Senate

Safe Drugs Act

Official title: A bill to provide the Food and Drug Administration with mandatory recall authority for all drug products.

Introduced: August 6, 2020 Introduced by: Gary C. Peters Democratic · Michigan See on congress.gov
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Aug 6, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Aug 6, 2020
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 Latest action August 6, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Safe Drugs Act

This bill authorizes the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to order the mandatory recall of any drug when the FDA determines that there is a reasonable probability that the drug would cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

Currently, the FDA may order a mandatory recall under such circumstances only with respect to a controlled substance.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4492: Safe Drugs Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4492/
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"S. 4492: Safe Drugs Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4492/.
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S. 4492, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4492/.
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