Abstract
About the Site
The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) website includes a great deal of in-depth information on manufacturing and hygiene standards, reports on medical trials, updates on food recalls, and special alerts. Although most of the information provided by the FDA is meant for medical practitioners or clinical researchers, they also keep special sections of consumer and patient-oriented information. In the latter, they make publicly available the procedures in which citizens can report side effects (Medwatch), special information pages on chronic illnesses and conditions, and reliable guides on patient's rights, drug approvals, and clinical trials.
About the Organization
The Food and Drug Administration is the U.S.'s federal agency in charge of supervising the safety standards of food, pharmaceutical products (both prescription-only and over-the-counter), dietary supplements, tobacco products, and cosmetics. Formed in 1906, they are a division of the Department of Health and Human Services, and are currently led by Commissioner Dr. Stephen Ostroff.
Featured Herbs
- Banana, Avoid Food and Drug Interactions
- Bearded Usnea, Division of Dietary Supplement Programs, NTP Nomination for Usnic Acid and Usnea Barbata Herb
- Cabbage, Avoid Food-Drug Interactions, p. 15
- Calories in Kiwi, Guidance for Industry: A Food Labeling Guide (14. Appendix F: Calculate the Percent Daily Value for the Appropriate Nutrients)
- Cascara Sagrada, Status of Certain Additional Over-the-Counter Drug Category II and III Active Ingredients
- Coffee, FDA to Investigate Added Caffeine
- Coltsfoot, Bad Bug Book: Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins Handbook, Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids
- Ginger Pills, Tips for Dietary Supplement Users
- Ginger Supplements, Tips for Dietary Supplement Users | What is the difference between a dietary supplement and a conventional food? | What is a dietary supplement? | Dietary Supplements: What You Need to Know
- Ginger Tablets, Tip for Dietary Supplement Users
- Grapefruit, Grapefruit Juice and Medicine May Not Mix
- Papaya Vitamins, Guidant for industry: A food labeling guide (14. Appendix F: Calculate the percent daily value for the appropriate nutrients)
- Sacha Inchi, GRAS Determination for the Use of Sacha Inchi Oil in Select Foods
- Tomato, Questions and Answers on Monosodium glutamate (MSG)
- Turmeric Capsules, Tips for dietary supplement users
- Turmeric Supplements, Tips for Dietary Supplement Users
