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Food and Drug Administration
Food and Drug Administration (FDA), agency of the Public Health Service division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is charged with protecting public health by ensuring that foods are safe and pure, cosmetics and other chemical substances harmless, and products safe, effective,... Read more
drugs
drugs substances used in medicine either externally or internally for curing, alleviating, or preventing a disease or deficiency. At the turn of the century only a few medically effective substances were widely used scientifically, among them ether , morphine , digitalis , diphtheria antitoxin, ... Read more
food adulteration
food adulteration act of intentionally debasing the quality of food offered for sale either by the admixture or substitution of inferior substances or by the removal of some valuable ingredient. The Greek and Roman classics contain allusions to wine makers and dealers who colored and flavored their... Read more
food additives
food additives substances added to foods by manufacturers to prevent spoilage or to enhance appearance, taste, texture, or nutritive value. By quantity, the most common food additives are flavorings, which include spices, vinegar, synthetic flavors, and, in the greatest abundance, sweeteners (e.g.,... Read more
food preservation
food preservation methods of preparing food so that it can be stored for future use. Because most foods remain edible for only a brief period of time, people since the earliest ages have experimented with methods for successful food preservation. Among the products of early food conservation were c... Read more
food poisoning
food poisoning acute illness following the eating of foods contaminated by bacteria, bacterial toxins, natural poisons, or harmful chemical substances. It was once customary to classify all such illnesses as "ptomaine poisoning," but it was later discovered that ptomaines, the products of decay... Read more
Office of Price Administration
Office of Price Administration (OPA), U.S. federal agency in World War II, established to prevent wartime inflation. The OPA issued (Apr., 1942) a general maximum-price regulation that made prices charged in Mar., 1942, the ceiling prices for most commodities. Ceilings were also imposed on resident... Read more
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA), former U.S. government agency established (1933) in the Dept. of Agriculture under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 as part of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal program. Its purpose was to help farmers by reducing production of staple crops, t... Read more
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), organization founded (1943) during World War II to give aid to areas liberated from the Axis powers. There were finally 52 participating countries, each of which contributed funds amounting to 2% of its national income in 1943. A sum ... Read more
protease inhibitor
protease inhibitor , any of a class of drugs that interfere with replication of the AIDS virus ( HIV ), by blocking an enzyme (protease) necessary in the late stages of its reproduction. Clinical trials of the protease inhibitor indinavir have shown it to be especially beneficial in combination wi... Read more

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Food and Drug Administration
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION One of the oldest U.S. consumer protection agencies, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) protects the public from...changed to the current one, Food and Drug Administration (Agriculture Appropriation... Read more
FDA (United States Food and Drug Administration)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security ...United States Food and Drug Administration) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a Department...distribution of food products, prescription...of food and drug products sold...United States Food and Drug Administration." < >... Read more
DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) █ JUDSON KNIGHT The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is the lead agency of the...Bureau of Narcotics, the principal drug-fighting agency of the federal...establishment," had catapulted drug use into the center of the youth...1966 ... Read more
Pure Food and Drug Act
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History Pure Food and Drug Act. Signed into law on 30 June 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt , the Food and Drugs Act—popularly know as the Pure Food and Drug Act—with its companion piece...regulatory apparatus that became the Food and Drug Administration. This ... Read more
Drug Regulation
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Aging DRUG REGULATION The road to drug development is a long...review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA); and phase IV...Investigational New Drug (IND) Application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The IND becomes... Read more
SIC 9431 Administration of Public Health Programs
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...Medicaid, and the Administration for Children...under SIC 9441: Administration of Social, Human...of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers...Institute on Drug Abuse; the National...27.2 billion. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The ... Read more
College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD), INC
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior ...Service (Eddy, 1973). The Committee on Drug Addiction was reestablished in 1947 as the Committee on Drug Addiction and Narcotics (CDAN), in...changed to the Committee on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD). The CPDD remained...organization, the Committee on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD), Inc. ... Read more
Controls: Scheduled Drugs/Drug Schedules, U.S
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior ...Several factors are considered before a drug is controlled under this act. These...Table 1). The amount of controlled drug in a product can also determine the...in combination with a noncontrolled drug are placed in Schedules III and V...the CSA are listed by schedule and drug class in Table 2 ... Read more
Investigational Drugs
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer ...time in bringing an investigational drug to market without compromising drug quality or patient safety. The guidelines...are being followed in the process of drug development and approval fall under the direction of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). At present, the cycle of ... Read more
SIC 5122 Drugs, Drug Proprietaries, and Druggists' Sundries
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries SIC 5122 DRUGS, DRUG PROPRIETARIES, AND DRUGGISTS...NAICS Code(s) 422210 (Drugs, Drug Proprietaries, and Druggists...7,189 in 2001. The Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mandated drug manufacturers to place bar...over the next twenty years. Drug merchants maintain their ... Read more

Dictionary entries related to "Food and Drug Administration"

Food and Drug Administration
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was the first regulatory agency...Insecticide Administration, renamed the Food and Drug Administration in 1930. Within the decade ... Read more
Health Food Industry
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...natural foods, food supplements such...part of the health food industry. These...pharmaceuticals. Despite Food and Drug Administration regulations prohibiting...manufacturers of food supplements from...Politics of Fat: Food and Nutrition Policy...also Fertilizers ; ... Read more
administration
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...company. ∎  ( the administration ) the people responsible...collectively: the university administration took their demands seriously...voted to remain under French administration. ∎  Law the...administrator: the company went into administration . 2. the officials in ... Read more
fresh
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition fresh For food labelling and advertising purposes, the US Food and Drug Administration has defined fresh to mean a food that is raw, has never been frozen or heated, and contains no preservatives. ( Irradiation at low levels is permitted.) ‘... Read more
serving
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition serving US food labelling legislation requires that nutrients be shown per standard serving of the food. The Food and Drug Administration has defined serving or portion sizes, based on surveys of amounts customarily eaten, so the definition of portions is not left to the manufacturer. Read more
Delaney Amendment
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...a proviso to the 1938 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act declaring that the Food and Drug Administration cannot approve any food additive found to induce cancer...Innovation. Regulating Pesticides in Food: The Delaney Paradox. Washington... Read more
FDA
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition FDA Food and Drug Administration; US government regulatory agency; web site www.fda.gov; web site for FDA consumer magazine www.fda.gov/fdac. Read more
CFSAN
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition CFSAN Centre for Food Safety and Nutrition of the US Food and Drug Administration; web site vm.cfsan.fda.gov. Read more
Viagra
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...sildenafil citrate, a prescription drug created to counteract impotence...erections prematurely. After the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval for Viagra on...1998, doctors prescribed the drug more than any other medicine... Read more
DES Action USA
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...in young women were linked to DES, and the Food and Drug Administration issued a warning against its use during pregnancy...Martin's Press, 1981. Bonnie L. Ford See also Food and Drug Administration ; Women's Health . Read more

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Citizen Petition to the Food and Drug Administration.
Magazine article from: Studies in Prolife Feminism; 6/22/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...this year with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration by Americans United for...Evaluation and Research Food and Drug Administration Department of Health and...the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration ( the Commissioner ) refuse... Read more
AFFI priorities enacted in FDA modernization bill. (American Frozen Food Institute; Food and Drug Administration Modernization and Accountability Act of 1997)
Magazine article from: Frozen Food Digest; 2/1/1998; 700+ words ; The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) modernization legislation...use of irradiation as a food safety technology, another...claims, the Food and Drug Administration Modernization and Accountability...use of irradiation on food that would prohibit any... Read more
`Global' review of drug master files hits packaging manufacturers. (Regulatory Analysis).(packaging of drugs, US Food and Drug Administration)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Food & Drug Packaging; 9/1/2002; ; 560 words ; The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has initiated global reviews of Drug Master Files (DMFs). FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) began this new practice to achieve consistency in the...low-level project to conduct complete reviews of Type III packaging DMFs. These ... Read more
The Food and Drug Administration's six Centers.
Magazine article from: FDA Consumer; 1/1/2006; 429 words ; The Food and Drug Administration's six Centers are involved...consumers. Center for Drug Evaluation and Research...of drugs. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition...security of most of the food (including dietary supplements...and mandates uniform food labels to help ... Read more
FDA wants bar codes on all pharmaceuticals. (Industry News).(Food and Drug Administration proposes law requiring bar codes on biological products, drugs)
Magazine article from: Label & Narrow Web; 4/1/2003; 342 words ; The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed a regulation...a result of adverse drug events. The report also...have bar codes. The Food and Drug Administration estimates that pharmaceutical...wristband and on the drug. Based on information... Read more
Prescription remedies. (Food and Drug Administration)
Magazine article from: Reason; 8/1/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...far will they go? The Food and Drug Administration has made American drugs...stranglehold on the food, drug, and medical-device...perceive a crisis in food, drug, and device approval...regulations to control the food, drug, biotech, and device... Read more
Vaccine, pharmaceutical products, and bioterrorism: challenges for the US Food and Drug Administration.(National Symposium on Medical and Public Health Response to Bioterrorism, Feb. 16-17, 1999, Arlington, Virginia)
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases; 7/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...the goal of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is to foster...safeguards of the food supply, and other measures...vaccines, therapeutic drug and biological products, food, devices, and diagnostics...doses and routes of administration anticipated in field...toxicity ... Read more
FDA speaks on new packaging security measures: the Agency hasn't proposed any new regulations but it does offer a lot of `guidance'. (Packaging Security).(Food and Drug Administration)
Magazine article from: Food & Drug Packaging; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...secure areas involved in food packaging and processing...are key points of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) new guidance on food security. The document...FDA: Questions about food packaging requirements...Staff at the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition...at ... Read more
FDA and SEC to crack down on companies that mislead consumers.(United States Food and Drug Administration)(United States Securities and Exchange Commission)(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: Food & Drink Weekly; 8/18/2003; 269 words ; The Food and Drug Administration plans to get tougher...crime that threatens the food or drug supply. Those who would...plus 80% of the nation's food supply, will deter illegal...bioterrorism to deceptive drug ads with this firm stance... Read more
FDA reports after one year under the Food Protection Plan.(AFFI's Washington Watch)(Food and Drug Administration)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Frozen Food Digest; 2/1/2009; 249 words ; ...December 1, 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a one-year...the implementation of the Food Protection Plan, which...both domestic and imported food: 1) the prevention of outbreaks of food-borne disease, 2) intervention... Read more