FDA

[ ef-dee-ey ]

noun

, U.S. Government.

1. Food and Drug Administration: a division of the Department of Health and Human Services that protects the public against impure and unsafe foods, drugs, and cosmetics.

FDA

abbreviation for

1. Food and Drug Administration: a federal agency responsible for monitoring trading and safety standards in the food and drug industries

Example Sentences

For over a decade, those trying to make better sunscreen found a roadblock at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

From The Daily Beast

The problem was that the FDA refused to approve any new ingredients for use in sunscreen, year after year.

From The Daily Beast

Claiming to be useful against Ebola, autism, and cancer, Young Living Essential Oils came under fire from the FDA.

From The Daily Beast

The current FDA-approved measles vaccine consists of live but weakened measles virus that is injected into the arm.

From The Daily Beast

And right now in the US, there is an FDA-approved inhaled vaccine to prevent influenza called FluMist.

From The Daily Beast

Three vices are working her destruction: pride, the sinful charms of Venus (fda venustas veneris) and love of sumptuous garments.

From Project Gutenberg

Philip Augustus afterwards caused much more complete registers of the Fda Normannorum to be formed.

From Project Gutenberg

The 'Fda Normannorum' in Duchesne seems part of a document of this later period.

From Project Gutenberg