organizations (healthcare)
type: Concept
narrower: Food and Drug Administration

government
type: Concept
narrower: Food and Drug Administration

cancer and society
type: Concept
narrower: Food and Drug Administration

drug enforcement
type: Concept
narrower: Food and Drug Administration

Food and Drug Administration
broader: drug laws and policies
broader: organizations (healthcare)
broader: drug enforcement
broader: infrastructure of epidemiology and public health
broader: organizations (environment and society)
broader: organizations (business ethics)
broader: obesity as a public health crisis
broader: cancer and society
broader: pharmaceuticals and clinical trials
broader: society and health
broader: United States government agencies
broader: United States Public Health Service
broader: government
broader: U.S. government organizations
type: Concept
definition: 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)]

obesity as a public health crisis
type: Concept
narrower: Food and Drug Administration

U.S. government organizations
type: Concept
narrower: Food and Drug Administration

organizations (business ethics)
type: Concept
narrower: Food and Drug Administration

United States Public Health Service
type: Concept
narrower: Food and Drug Administration

organizations (environment and society)
type: Concept
narrower: Food and Drug Administration

pharmaceuticals and clinical trials
type: Concept
narrower: Food and Drug Administration

organizations
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: Food and Drug Administration

infrastructure of epidemiology and public health
type: Concept
narrower: Food and Drug Administration

United States government agencies
type: Concept
narrower: Food and Drug Administration

society and health
type: Concept
narrower: Food and Drug Administration

drug laws and policies
type: Concept
narrower: Food and Drug Administration