Q&A Guidance Document Discusses Laser Product How-Tos

Products like laser pointers, gun sights and lasers used to align machinery fall under a new guidance document from the US FDA, which details the limits on how much radiation these products may emit.

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Laser pointers and gun sights may not come to mind when you think about products that need to comply with US Food and Drug Administration regulations. But federal law places those tools – along with similar products like levels with laser guides, target designators and alignment lasers – squarely under the Center for Devices and Radiological Health. And this week, the agency reminded industry of that with a new guidance document formatted as a series of questions and answers.

The document, “Surveying, Leveling, and Alignment Laser Products,” finalizes a draft issued in 2014. It defines the product category...

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