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Food and Drug Administration

Food and Drug Administration

15 3.0
A US government agency that checks and approves food, medicine, and medical devices
  • proper noun
  • /fuːd ənd drʌg ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən/
  • Formal
translation icon : Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA)
  • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulates the safety of food and drugs in the market.
  • Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  • U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • Food and Drug Administration approved

They're that's what the Food and Drug Administration has really approved them for so far, right.

Examples

  • Every year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (PDA) approves many new drugs.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Avoiding such negative publicity is the overriding goal of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

    Blog text (1)

  • And such type of product has also been determined by the Food and Drug Administration.

    Blog text (14)

  • Basically, it appears to be the U.K. equivalent to our very own Food and Drug Administration.

    Blog text (14)

  • How does the Food and Drug Administration check airline food?

    Academic text (2010)

  • Mr. Vickers, how long have you been with the Food and Drug Administration?

    The Stuff (1985)

  • The next step is approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

    Blog text (22)

  • One of the most important regulatory organizations in the United States is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

    Academic text (2003)

  • A Norwegian salmon cannery must register with the Food and Drug Administration or find someplace else to sell its products.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Bottled water is regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), not the EPA.

    Academic text (1994)

Synonyms

FDA
vsFood and Drug Administration
423 3.0

A United States government group that checks food and medicine for safety

is the full official name rather than the shortened written form

Surface Forms

Food and Drug Administration main

Morphology

food + and + drug + administration

The phrase directly names an administrative body responsible for matters relating to 'food' and 'drugs' — combining the known nouns with 'administration' yields the predictable meaning of an organization that manages/regulates those areas. This naming pattern for government agencies is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Food and Drug Administration is a name that simply says what the office does: it watches over the safety of food and drug products and makes the rules about them. That's why today the name means the US government office that checks and approves food and medicines.