What is the FDA?
FDA stands for the Food and Drug Administration. This is the US Food and Drug regulator, safety and certification authority. It regulates food, drugs, medical devices, vaccines and blood products, animal food and drugs, cosmetics, radiation emitting products and products that combine these products. Their website is at www.fda.gov.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is a regulatory agency in the United States which is responsible for ensuring the safety of an array of consumer products. It is estimated by the agency that for every dollar Americans spend, 25 cents of that dollar goes to products regulated and managed by the FDA. This organization has a huge scope, and it plays a critical role in a number of industries, from pharmaceuticals to the practice of veterinary medicine. This agency is part of the Department of Health and Human Services. It was established in 1906 under the Federal Food and Drugs Act, an act of Congress passed to address growing consumer concern about the safety of foods and drugs in America. With the publication of the The Jungle and numerous other texts which revealed the seedy underside of the products Americans ate, drank, and used on their bodies, consumers were in an uproar in the early 1900s, and the FDA was the government’s attempt to reassure consumers. In the process of estab
