--- title: Whip Mix Blog | John Waters description: John Waters is the Regulatory Compliance Officer for Whip Mix Corp. He has worked in some regulatory capacity for most of his career. John has spent the last seven years in medical device-related endeavors and because of his first hand FDA experience, he understands Quality System Regulations from the Agency’s perspective. John’s extensive experience with FDA includes areas related to 510 (k) Submissions, Medical Device Reports (MDR reporting), FDA inspections, Warning letter resolution, Device classification and company classification, and many other areas. --- [![whip_mix_logo.png](https://info.whipmix.com/hs-fs/hubfs/social-suggested-images/whip_mix_logo.png?width=180&name=whip_mix_logo.png "whip_mix_logo.png")](https://whipmix.com/) [![Contact Us](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/111220/b7ad40d2-a589-4955-901d-95c009e55049.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/111220/b7ad40d2-a589-4955-901d-95c009e55049) ![background-teeth-banner-100867-edited.jpg](https://info.whipmix.com/hs-fs/hubfs/background-teeth-banner-100867-edited.jpg?width=1500&name=background-teeth-banner-100867-edited.jpg "background-teeth-banner-100867-edited.jpg") # The Whip Mix Blog [![](https://info.whipmix.com/hubfs/Stock%20images/Image%20of%20businessman%20examining%20objects%20with%20magnifier.jpeg) ](https://info.whipmix.com/the-fda-and-your-dental-laboratory) [**](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Finfo.whipmix.com%2Fthe-fda-and-your-dental-laboratory&t=Whip%20Mix%20Insights:%20The%20FDA%20and%20Your%20Dental%20Laboratory) [**](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Finfo.whipmix.com%2Fthe-fda-and-your-dental-laboratory&text=:%20) [**](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Finfo.whipmix.com%2Fthe-fda-and-your-dental-laboratory&title=Whip%20Mix%20Insights:%20The%20FDA%20and%20Your%20Dental%20Laboratory&summary=) [**](https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Finfo.whipmix.com%2Fthe-fda-and-your-dental-laboratory) ##### [Whip Mix Insights: The FDA and Your Dental Laboratory](https://info.whipmix.com/the-fda-and-your-dental-laboratory) - ** [Whip Mix Insights](https://info.whipmix.com/topic/whip-mix-insights) - [** By John Waters](https://info.whipmix.com/author/john-waters) - ** June 26, 2018 Has your dental lab ever had the pleasure of being inspected by FDA according to 21 CFR: 820? 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