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Article: Food and Drug Administration
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FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was the first regulatory agency established in the United States with consumer protection as its principal mission. Arguably, it is the only federal regulatory agency today whose basic charge has not been substantially altered in nearly one hundred years. Although the agency's responsibilities have grown enormously since Congress first defined food and drug adulterations as a danger to health and as consumer fraud in 1906, FDA remains a science-based regulatory agency responsible for protecting the public health through the regulation of foods, drugs, biological therapeutic products (i.e., ...