FDA calls on 25 firms to stop displaying misleading certificates

Editor's Note

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced March 3 that it has asked 25 firms to stop producing and issuing misleading “FDA registration certificates” and FDA logos that create the impression the FDA has approved or authorized their products.

The firms include mask, respirator, face shield, and other medical device makers and distributors, the March 3 AHA News reports (https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2021-03-03-fda-some-respirators-other-devices-displaying-misleading-certificates).

The FDA says it does not issue registration certificates to medical device makers that register or list their products with them.