The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for guaranteeing the safety of food, drugs, cosmetics, biological products, and medical devices and in monitoring the labels on these products to make sure that manufacturers do not make false or misleading claims about their contents. FDA activities are divided into new product reviews, product use and risk monitoring, ensuring safe manufacturing and handling, enforcing FDA standards, and conducting relevant research. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Food and Drug Administration (FDA)]
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