The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is on the erring side when it comes to ensuring that medium- and high-risk medical devices and food supplies are safe for Americans, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Government investigators found that U.S. manufacturing sites of high-risk medical devices are inspected only once every three years, instead of every two years as stipulated by the law, while overseas sites are inspected every six years.

According to the GAO report:

“Efficient use of resources is particularly important at FDA because we found that its food safety workload has increased in the past decade, while its food safety staff and funding have not kept pace.”