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Food and Drug Administration, HHS

Mission statement:

The FDA is responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation. The FDA is also responsible for advancing the public health by helping to speed innovations that make medicines and foods more effective, safer, and more affordable; and helping the public get the accurate, science-based information they need to use medicines and foods to improve their health.

Contact Information:

Food and Drug Administration, HHS
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville MD 20857-0001

Internet address: http://www.fda.gov/

Phone number(s):

(800) 332-4010 (FDA Food Information & Seafood Hotline)
(800) 422-6237 (Mammography Facility Hotline)
(888) 463-6332 (Consumer Information)

Fax number:

(301) 827-5308

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• ANENCEPHALY
• ANIMAL RESEARCH
• BIRTH CONTROL SIDE EFFECTS
• BIRTH DEFECTS
• BREAST IMPLANTS
• BREASTFEEDING
• CAFFEINE
• CLINICAL TRIALS
• COMMON COLD
• CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
• DIABETES - TYPE 1
• DIABETES - TYPE 2
• DIETARY GUIDELINES
• DRUG SAFETY
• DRUG USE, ABUSE, AND ADDICTION
• EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION
• ESTROGEN
• FAMILY PLANNING
• FOLIC ACID
• FOOD POISONING
• FOOD SAFETY
• HAIR
• HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY
• INFERTILITY
• MAMMOGRAMS AND MAMMOGRAPHY
• MEDICATIONS
• MELANOMA
• MEN'S HEALTH
• MENOPAUSE
• NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS
• NUTRITION
• POISONING
• SICKLE CELL ANEMIA
• SILICONE
• SKIN CANCER
• SPANISH LANGUAGE MATERIALS
• SPINA BIFIDA
• TAMPONS
• TANNING
• THALIDOMIDE
• VAGINAL INFECTIONS
• VAGINITIS
• WOMEN'S HEALTH

NWHIC record number O-27