Steril Milano EtO Deception: FDA Justifies 9-Day Gap From Import Detention To Industry Alert
Executive Summary
If the US FDA knew Steril Milano S.R.L. was falsifying ethylene oxide (EtO) certificates on 24 May, why did nine days pass before the agency alerted all of industry? The FDA explains the choice to Medtech Insight.
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