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The FDA is classifying infant pulse monitors, but it has nothing to do with your dinner plate

The FDA proposed an over-the-counter classification for infant pulse monitors, but federal filings show no link to grocery stores, restaurants, agricultural policy or food prices.

By Foodie Pundit Newsroom - Published - Updated - Section: Grocery Cpg

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Key points

  • The supplied FDA record concerns an over-the-counter infant pulse rate and oxygen saturation monitor, not food or beverage.
  • No supplied evidence documents an effect on grocery prices, food labels, restaurant menus, kitchen staffing, farms, or food supply chains.
  • No lobbying, contract, award, ownership, or cross-record material was supplied, so no money trail or beneficiary-decider overlap can be established.

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