Both the FDA and the USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture) use a similar three-class system, where Class I is the most severe and Class III the least dangerous.

The USDA notably uses the same class system as the FDA. With that in mind, let's look at all the recall classes and what they mean for your safety.

Despite the FDA’s current reticence to impose risk-based classification requirements on LTDs, doing so would bring the U.S. into line with other countries’ systems for IVDs.

The FDA classifies recalls into one of three categories. iStock© iStock Many times, consumers can take their recalled product back to the store to receive a refund. iStock© iStock ...

The U.S. FDA has announced the next stage in its program to down-classify a series of in vitro diagnostics (IVDs) from class III to class II, a change that would significantly ease the premarket ...

Public Health & Policy > FDA General FDA Brings Lab Tests Under Its Oversight — Agency will treat lab-developed tests the same as other in vitro diagnostics by Judy George, Deputy Managing ...