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FDA
[ ef-dee-ey ]
noun
- 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
- Food and Drug Administration: a federal agency responsible for monitoring trading and safety standards in the food and drug industries
Example Sentences
Additionally, the FDA concluded that the way that Red No. 3 causes cancer in male rats 鈥渄oes not occur in humans.鈥
The supplier voluntarily recalled the onion products at fault, and the FDA cautioned the public about the contaminated yellow onions, which were being served on McDonald鈥檚 hamburgers.
At this time, the FDA and food companies 鈥 including PepsiCo, General Mills, Mars and WK Kellogg 鈥 don鈥檛 have a formal agreement to remove artificial dyes, but an 鈥渦nderstanding,鈥 according to Kennedy.
The FDA also refrained from naming all firms and companies that handled and processed the tainted lettuce.
The FDA is instead encouraging the use of so-called natural food dyes such as gardenia blue and calcium phosphate.
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