Shawn M. Schmitt

Agency urges health care providers and other users to stop using the gloves The US FDA says it’s “investigating certain imported medical gloves that appear to have been reprocessed, cleaned, or recycled and sold as new.” The 270 firms in question are listed on an import alert that says their gloves are subject to Detention without Physical Examination.

Here’s the complete list of foreign firms that were included on an import alert because gloves they made or sold may have been “reprocessed, cleaned, or recycled and sold as new,” the US FDA says. • Source: Alamy Below is a complete list of 270 companies from 16 countries that were included on a 26 October import alert that says medical gloves from the firms are subject to Detention without Physical Examination because they may have been reprocessed, cleaned, or recycled and sold as new.

The US-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) treaty calls for the three countries to “recognize audits” performed under the Medical Device Single Audit Program. MDSAP is already used by device makers in the US and Canada so they can undergo one audit by an accredited third party to satisfy quality regulations. That leaves Mexico as the odd country out when it comes to using the popular program – and that means it has some catching up to do after the USMCA is ratified by all three nations.