United States Food And Drug Administration (FDA)
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A United States Food And Drug Administration (FDA) is a United States Federal Agency that part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services that is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the control and supervision of food and medical products safety.
- AKA: United States Food And Drug Administration (USFDA).
- Example(s):
- Counter-Example(s):
- Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration,
- Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency,
- Canada's Marketed Health Products Directorate,
- European Medicines Agency (EMA),
- Food Safety and Standards Authority of India,
- International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH),
- Japan's Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency,
- Mexico's Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk,
- Philippines Food and Drug Administration (PFDA),
- Singapore's Health Sciences Authority,
- United Kingdom's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
- See: Drug Enforcement Administration, Clinical Trial, Good Clinical Practice, Good Manufacturing Practice, Medical Devices, Office of Criminal Investigations, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C), FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, FDA Fast Track Development Program, Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act of 2012 (FDASIA).
References
2021
- (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_and_Drug_Administration Retrieved:2021-9-25.
- The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or USFDA) is a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. The FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the control and supervision of food safety, tobacco products, dietary supplements, prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceutical drugs (medications), vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, blood transfusions, medical devices, electromagnetic radiation emitting devices (ERED), cosmetics, animal foods & feed and veterinary products. The FDA's primary focus is enforcement of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C), but the agency also enforces other laws, notably Section 361 of the Public Health Service Act, as well as associated regulations. Much of this regulatory-enforcement work is not directly related to food or drugs, but involves such things as regulating lasers, cellular phones, and condoms, as well as control of disease in contexts varying from household pets to human sperm donated for use in assisted reproduction. The FDA is led by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Commissioner reports to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Janet Woodcock is the acting commissioner. The FDA has its headquarters in unincorporated White Oak, Maryland. The agency also has 223 field offices and 13 laboratories located throughout the 50 states, the United States Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. In 2008, the FDA began to post employees to foreign countries, including China, India, Costa Rica, Chile, Belgium, and the United Kingdom.