tch 57). The FDA is responsible only for setting the protocols and reviewing the results. The FDA does not, generally, engage in testing but in reviewing the required tests. The same is increasingly true in the foods section where additives must undergo extensive testing. The second function is ensuring compliance with regulations. This includes ongoing inspection of production plants for compliance with rules regarding the prevention of contamination and maintenance of quality standards. The third principal function of the FDA is information and education. This function extends from the rules regarding advertising and labeling claims to the presentation of needed information to the public.
In the foods division the FDA is responsible for the assurance of a "safe, nutritious, and accurately labeled food supply" (Hutt 286). In general the processes of the food division differ from those of the other three divisions in that a considerably larger part of its attention is devoted to labeling, information availability and production rather than
...