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Food and Drug Administration

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is a government agency responsible for keeping your food and medicines safe. They make sure that food and medicine are safe to eat and take, and they try to keep dangerous drugs and foods off the market. The FDA also inspects factories where food and medicine are made, to make sure that they make them the right way and in a clean and safe environment. They also approve new medicines and foods, so that they are safe to use.