U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Regulation

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulates drugs, foods, dietary supplements and medical devices
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New drugs pass through laboratory studies and clinical trials before the FDA reviews the application
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Each page in this section reports one FDA action from the primary documents, grouped by year

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Actions by Year

Each year’s major U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) actions, newest year first. Every action page reports what the U.S. Food and Drug Administration did from the primary documents, with an importance rating of one to five stars.

🗓️U.S. Food and Drug Administration Actions in 202612 📅U.S. Food and Drug Administration Actions in 202520 📆U.S. Food and Drug Administration Actions in 202420 🗂️U.S. Food and Drug Administration Actions in 202320 📁U.S. Food and Drug Administration Actions in 202220 🗃️U.S. Food and Drug Administration Actions in 202120

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration decides which drugs may be sold, how foods and dietary supplements may be labelled, which additives are allowed, and how new treatments are tested. Its notices, rules and actions shape what reaches the shelf and the clinic.

This section reports those actions on foods, supplements, remedies and plant medicines from the primary documents — the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announcement, the Federal Register notice and its docket — stating what each one does, what it asks, what it does not do, and the dates that matter. Each page links the related topic pages elsewhere on the site.

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