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About FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is the U.S. Government agency that oversees most foods and medical products. Its job is to make sure that:

• food is safe, healthy, and clean
• medicines and medical devices are reasonably safe and effective
• cosmetic products are safe
• animal foods and drugs are safe
• food and medical products have proper labels

FDA is organized into Centers which are responsible for different types of products. Select from the list below to go to a Center's home page.

• FDA Home Page
• Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
• Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
• Center for Devices and Radiological Health
• Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
• Center for Veterinary Medicine
• National Center for Toxicological Research

To learn more, take a web-based Tour of FDA (Requires Flash Player).

Updated December 6, 2005