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Pronunciation: [ðɪ ˌɛfdˌiːˈe͡ɪ] (IPA)

The FDA stands for the Food and Drug Administration, a federal agency in the United States responsible for protecting public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, food supply, cosmetics, and other products. While the term "FDA" is commonly used, the agency is also referred to by a number of other synonyms including the US Food and Drug Administration, the Federal Drug Administration, and the US FDA. Regardless of the synonym used, the agency plays a critical role in regulating and safeguarding the products that American consumers depend on every day.
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  • The simple truth is, the short-term solution is for the FDA to allow more importation of safe vaccines from other nations. But the long-term solution is to get more vaccine production within the U.S.
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  • Some of the FDA's own scientists have charged that politics, not science, is behind the FDA's actions.
    Joseph Crowley
  • If a State has reliable scientific information that demonstrates that a warning is needed for a particular food, then in the interest of public health, it should share that information with the FDA and petition for a new national standard.
    Nathan Deal
  • Power (n) The only narcotic regulated by the SEC instead of the FDA.
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