Revealed: full scale of vaccine blunders

A week-long inspection by the FDA last summer into the production of the flu vaccine Fluvirin at the plant found Medeva had failed to:

• 'clean, maintain and sanitise equipment at appropriate intervals to prevent malfunction or contamination';

• maintain systems to prevent unacceptable levels of toxins and bacteria contaminating the production process;

• ensure batches of vaccines 'conformed with all established standards, specifications and characteristics'; and

• prove that vaccines on doctors' shelves would be free from 'bacteria and fungi'.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2000/oct/22/foodanddrink


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