FDA

[ ef-dee-ey ]

noun

, U.S. Government.

1. Food and Drug Administration: a division of the Department of Health and Human Services that protects the public against impure and unsafe foods, drugs, and cosmetics.

FDA

abbreviation for

1. Food and Drug Administration: a federal agency responsible for monitoring trading and safety standards in the food and drug industries

Example Sentences

And the FDA, though now interested in phages, will have to figure out how to regulate them to keep up with evolving microbes.

From Salon

“The FDA’s war on public health is about to end,” he wrote, decrying the agency’s “aggressive suppression” of such worthless anti-COVID nostrums as ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine.

From Los Angeles Times

“Butter lists cream, but may be missing the Contains Milk statement,” the FDA wrote.

From Salon

The FDA has required Spravato be administered under a strict risk evaluation system to track this information.

From Salon

Or consider FDA’s reliance on user fees from companies that want the agency to approve its medical products.

From Los Angeles Times