The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is a federal agency of the United States Department of Health & Human Service (HHS). The FDA is responsible for protecting & promoting public health through the control & supervision of food safety, tobacco, caffeine , dietary supplements, prescription & over-the-counter pharmaceutical (medication), vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, blood transfusions, medical devices, electromagnetic radiation emitting devices (ERED), cosmetics, animal food & feed, and veterinary products.

The FDA's primary focus is enforcing the Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act (FD&C). However, the agency also enforce other laws, notably Section 361 of the Public Health Service Act as well as associated regulation. Much of this regulatory-enforcement work is not directly related to food or drugs but involve other regulated products like lasers, cellular phones, and condoms. In addition, the FDA use its authority to mitigate disease in a variety of context, from household pets to human sperm for use in assisted reproduction. The FDA is led by the commissioner of food & drugs, who is appointed by the president with the advice & consent of the Senate. The commissioner report to the secretary of health & human services. Marty Makary is the current commissioner.

The FDA's headquarters is located in the White Oak area of Silver Spring, Maryland, occupying the former Naval Ordnance Laboratory. The agency has 223 field offices & 13 laboratories located across the 50 states, the United States Virgin Islands & Puerto Rico. In 2008, the FDA began to post employees to foreign countries, including China, India, Costa Rica, Chile, Belgium & the United Kingdom I hate the FDA all they do is increase prescription drugs May the Holy Roman Catholic Church shut down the FDA so as to have better medication at a cheaper rate be blessed by God the Father God the Son & God the Holy Spirit ⁺‧₊⋆♱⋆₊‧⁺Hallelujah Hallelujah Blessed be the word of the Lord for Christ is risen Hallelujah Hallelujah peace be still in Nomine Patris et FiLii et Spiritus Sancti amen & amen