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The '''Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition''' ('''CFSAN''' | The '''Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition''' ('''CFSAN''' is the branch of the United States [[Food and Drug Administration (United States)|Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA) that regulates food, [[dietary supplement]]s, and cosmetics, as opposed to drugs, biologics, medical devices, and radiological products, which also fall under the purview of the FDA. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fda.gov/about-fda/fda-organization/center-food-safety-and-applied-nutrition-cfsan|title=Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)|last=Nutrition|first=Center for Food Safety and Applied|date=2020-01-17|website=FDA|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> | ||
==Area of regulation== | ==Area of regulation== | ||
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* [[Pure Food and Drug Act|Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906]] | * [[Pure Food and Drug Act|Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906]] | ||
* | * [[Federal Import Milk Act]] (1927) | ||
* [[Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act| | * [[Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act|Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938]] | ||
* [[Public Health Service Act| | * [[Public Health Service Act|Public Health Service Act (1944)]] | ||
* [[Fair Packaging and Labeling Act | * [[Fair Packaging and Labeling Act]] (1966) | ||
* | * [[Infant Formula Act of 1980]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994]] | ||
CFSAN has been criticized for its avoidance of major fights with the food industry, resulting in lack of adequate oversight on food safety.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=How the FDA's food division fails to regulate health and safety hazards |url=https://politico.com/interactives/2022/fda-fails-regulate-food-health-safety-hazards |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=politico.com |language=en}}</ref> As of 2022, the number of food safety inspections has gone down in recent years. Congress places less scrutiny on CFSAN than the FDA's other divisions, reducing accountability.<ref name=":0" /> | CFSAN has been criticized for its avoidance of major fights with the food industry, resulting in lack of adequate oversight on food safety.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=How the FDA's food division fails to regulate health and safety hazards |url=https://politico.com/interactives/2022/fda-fails-regulate-food-health-safety-hazards |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=politico.com |language=en}}</ref> As of 2022, the number of food safety inspections has gone down in recent years. Congress places less scrutiny on CFSAN than the FDA's other divisions, reducing accountability.<ref name=":0" /> | ||