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FDA
abbr.
Food and Drug Administration

FDA,
abbreviation for Food and Drug Administration.

FDA,
FDA,
n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. See also Food and Drug Administration.

FDA
Food & Drug Administration Public health The agency charged with determining the safety and efficacy of drugs and therapeutic devices before marketing and assuring that certain labeling specifications and advertising standards are met while marketing the product. See Investigational new drug, Phase I, II, III studies.


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In 2003, the FDA said it would require trans on food labels by 2006.
It is tempting for free market advocates to say that the FDA could be eliminated outright--replaced by nothing at all--so that customers could work out for themselves, or with the help of advice columns and ratings services, which products were dangerous or ineffective.
 
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