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FDA
abbr.
Food and Drug Administration

FDA (in the US)
abbreviation for
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Food and Drug Administration: a federal agency responsible for monitoring trading and safety standards in the food and drug industries
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Noun1.FDAFDA - a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products
Department of Health and Human Services, Health and Human Services, HHS - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979
bureau, federal agency, government agency, agency, office, authority - an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"


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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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