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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
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The FDA added that seven subclusters of E. Coli infections were part of the outbreak.

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The recall comes after 12 consumer reports and is prompted by the potential presence of small stones, according to the FDA.

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Thus, gutting the Department of Health and Human Services’ infectious disease research and forcing out the FDA’s chief vaccine expert is exactly what it looks like: an effort to see that more Americans die.

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The agency followed up in November 2013, ordering the firm to “immediately discontinue marketing†its test kit until it got FDA approval.

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Among the workers cut were specialists in maternal health, food safety, and infectious disease prevention, as well as entire review units within the FDA.

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