The
U.S. 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.
T2004
asked:
"I have a company in another country but want to apply for FDA approval to produce and sell our canned food preservative in the U.S.I checked everywhere on the net but still am confused about it. Please help. Thanks."
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ME replied:
"One thing is to check, the other is to ask. Get a hold of someone from the FDA and let them know what you want. Ask to be directed to the appropriate department who can assist you with your importation. Please keep in mind that certain products are not allowed in the US no matter what. Good Luck to youBusiness Student."
Kid1
asked:
"I like to drink sugar-free energy drinks, which usualy say that they havent been evaluated by the FDA. So, would the makers be lying about the low calories and low carbs and suff?It says that it has two 10 calorie servings, so can i rely on that to be true?"
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SpaceCase replied:
"usually the terms "low calorie" and such are based on the fact that they have few calories than their high sugar counterparts. There are strict regulations aboiut what can be considered "low" or "reduced". the nutritional information is required by law to accurate but the facts can be deceiving to the consumer. Low calorie doesn't make it any safer because those drinks are full of caffein and other weird things. As far as the FDA goes the product cannot claim to treat, cure or prevent any disease."
chuckmmm2
asked:
"Cannot seem to find a suitable answer from the FDA. Doing R&D on use with other topical warming and cooling agents in an occlusive gel patch."
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Pahd replied:
"Try looking it up as capsaicin"
RedThread
asked:
"As you may know, the FDA is considering whether to regulate sodium chloride (salt).Where does the FDA get its power to regulate private businesses (restaurants and other places that sell food with salt as an ingredient)?Let's say you are a dude who perfected your own private label brand of salsa. You sell it online and you're doing well. Then, the FDA decides to regulate how much salt you can use in your special recipe. It ruins the unique flavor of your salsa and your sales suffer.What gave the FDA power to control a legal and natural substance such as sodium chloride?"
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gherd replied:
"the constitution article 1 section 81. To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;"
akadave replied:
"big brother at it again,"
the_defiant_kulak replied:
"The federal government's straying from the Constitution and the peoples' willingness to accept it.So long as people keep quiet, the fed will weasel around the Constitution in any way they can in support of those with prohibitionist mindsets. Of course, salt will taste just that much better when it is forbidden. If you need any salsa bootleggers, I'm in."
az_girliegrrl
asked:
"Heard a recent news report that there's a diet pill that has been approved by the FDA for the first time. How have previous diet pills made it to store shelves w/o FDA approval??"
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It’s almost expected nowadays to hear that Bumble Bee, StarKist, and Chicken of the Sea are doing all they can to quiet their unhealthy ways, but when the FDA, the very agency of the U.S. government put in place to protect us, is out their reputedly taking payoffs from company executives, then we have a serious health problem here in America.
The government on Friday began posting a list of prescription drugs under investigation for potential safety problems, in an effort to better inform doctors and patients. *** Seems I just read an article complaining that 14,000 lives could have been saved had the FDA fast tracked, read less testing, some drugs. ***
Don't freak out or anything, but the FDA is going to publish a list of medicines that could kill you. Or not. They're not really sure. Still, there is going to be a list, and if it shows a medicine that you're taking, then, um, yeah, sorry to hear that...
The table below lists the names of products and potential signals of serious risks/new safety information that were identified for these products during the period January - March 2008 in the AERS database.
The U.S. federal government on Friday began posting--for the first time--a list of prescription drugs under investigation for potential safety problems in an effort to better inform physicians, the medical community, in general, and patients.
