The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is responsible for the safety regulation of most types of foods, dietary supplements, drugs, vaccines, biological medical products, blood products, medical devices, radiation-emitting devices, veterinary products, and cosmetics. The FDA also enforces section 361 of the Public Health Service Act and the associated regulations, including sanitation requirements on interstate travel as well as specific rules for control of disease on products ranging from pet turtles to semen donations for assisted reproductive medicine techniques.

The USDA’s National Organic Program (NOP) released Tuesday two documents to help explain the impact of the Food and Drug Administration’s announcement that food from cloned animals and their offspring are safe for the public to eat.

Although the volume of prescription drugs and drug ingredients coming into the country from foreign manufacturers in developing nations such as India and China has exploded in recent years, the Food and Drug Administration's budget for foreign inspections has not kept pace and will be lower in 20...

A majority of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API's) used in manufacturing medicines worldwide are sourced from India and china. Have a look at the line graph and you will see the sharp rise in the API filings to the Food and Drug Administration from these two nations since 1997.

Responding to growing international concerns about tainted food and counterfeit drugs, China said late Tuesday that it was overhauling its food and drug safety regulations and would introduce nationwide inspections. The announcement, from the State Council, the nation’s highest administrative body, is the strongest signal yet that Beijing is...

A new national poll of registered voters finds that 77 percent of American voters support Congress passing a bill to give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority to regulate tobacco products.