Learn about FDA’s programs to monitor product safety, including recalls, safety alerts, problem reporting, and postmarket monitoring systems.
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Navigate the Safety Section
Report a Problem
Useful tools for consumers and health professionals to report problems (adverse reactions) with products that FDA regulates.
MedWatch: The FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program
Find clinically important safety information and report serious problems with human medical products.
Sentinel Initiative: Transforming How We Monitor Product Safety
A proactive system to augment the agency’s current surveillance capabilities for FDA-regulated products.
FDA’s Regulation of Plant and Animal Biotechnology Products
Information about plant and animal biotechnology programs and activities at FDA.
Safety of Specific Products
Medical Product Safety Educational Resources
Safety information resources for health professionals.
FDA Drug Safety Podcasts
Emerging safety information about drugs in conjunction with the release of Drug Safety Communications.
FoodSafety.gov
Your one-stop online shop for food safety information from the federal government.