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 American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) addressed concerns regarding the use of botulinum toxin products and adverse events following a recent petition from a consumer group.On January 23, Public Citizen requested the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) implement labeling changes and a written communication to physicians.

Consumer and animal rights advocates condemned the Food and Drug Administration's announcement Tuesday that meat and milk from cloned cattle, pigs and goats is safe for the American public to eat and drink.

Food derived from cloned cattle, pigs and goats is safe to enter the American food supply, according to a long-awaited final report from the Food and Drug Administration obtained by the Washington Post. Yeah, it's WAY more cost effective to do this than to go traditional routes to produce livestock.

Since the launch in 1998 of the anti-impotence drug sildenafil (viagra), the American food and drug administration has identified 50 cases of drug-related blindness, the so-called nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy. This, very serious, side effect frequently leads to sudden, mostly irreversible loss of vision, and t...

While the Food and Drug Administration mulls over whether to set limits on salt content in processed foods—after being strongly urged to do so yesterday by such groups as the American Medical Association and the Center for Science in the Public Interest—you may be wondering how to reduce your own sodium intake to the recommended daily limit of 2,30