I would be writing about interest groups and bureaucracy. The FDA bureaucracy article in a way stresses the importance or impact of the executive agency in carrying out its functions. I find testing how politicians try to sway the FDA (and other administrative agencies) in a way to suit their purpose is both necessary and may have a potential for undermining the administration. I thought the research question is of high importance; being able to test the efficiency (in terms of timeliness and quality of outcomes) of an administrative agency using the FDA as a case study. While different agencies will have their peculiarities, it is still necessary to be able to assess them this way. A drawback to this test could be something entirely unrelated…
perhaps, the government society and more. The FDA, in this specific case, comes in to find out…
release and letter to a commissioner to] call on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to step in and…
* McDonalds doesn’t follow FDA standards, the FDA is an agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services.…
The FDA, esatblished in 1906, regulates the safety and effectiveness of food, drugs, and cosmetics. The EEOC, established in 1964, regulates the hiring, firing, and promotion of workers. OSHA, established in 1971, regulates industrial health and safety. The EPA, established in 1972, regulates air, water, and noise pollution. The CPSC, established in 1972 as well, regulates the safety of consumer products (McConnell, Brue, Flynn, 2011, pg.…
The Food and Drug Administration has the power to force businesses that make or sell defective products to take corrective action.…
On the website intelligence squared, doctors and professors hold debates about real world issues. One such issue is “The FDA’s caution is hazardous to our health." Two teams of two people debated the issue. Arguing that the FDA’s caution is hazardous were Dr. Scott Gottlieb and Peter Huber. They believed that the FDA is performing too many tests that take too long in the name of statistics. They said that the FDA should release medication that could save lives as early as possible and let doctors decide if the medication will benefit their patients. Arguing that the FDA’s caution is not hazardous were Dr. Jerry Avorn and Dr. David Challoner. They believed that the FDA should continue with their testing methods if not test more. They said that…
As Joseph Crowley once said, “Some of the FDA's own scientists have charged that politics, not science, is behind the FDA's actions”. Such thoughts contribute to the notion of how the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is in need of reform. When Americans go to the pharmacy, drug store, or any other place in order to purchase medications, they expect to receive quality products. The organization known as the FDA has been put in charge of keeping the public healthy, yet evidence from the past shows this is not the case. With repeated drug recalls, the FDA has lost almost all of its credibility and dependability, and it must be reformed through the introduction of a new administration to work alongside the FDA in order to stop some mistakes from reoccurring. With such a solution, the FDA can become what it was initially intended to be.…
i. Federal government assists the states when they lack the expertise or resources. When the state do not have enough expertise to handle the emerging public health issue or do not have enough resources to fulfill the arising demand of the people, federal government can provide the expertise and resources as per need.…
It wouldn't make sense for the FDA to be in charge of the safety and labeling of all of our food except for GMO-free foods. We shouldn't be splitting the responsibility for food safety and labeling between different agencies. It will only cause a lot of confusion for everyone. When something goes wrong, we won't know who's responsible. If the FDA is in charge when a recall or something else happens, then there's one agency people can look to for answers. When you have 50 different "agencies" regulating safety and labeling then who's to blame or going to get the information out about a recall? The states the food was…
According to the article "The Pros and Cons of the FDA Drug Investigation" on the Fox News internet site an advantage of the Food and Drug administration is that public awareness may grow about drugs that are commonly misused. The Food and Drug Administration is now being held to a higher standard of disclosure, and this way the public can track its thinking and investigate processes rather than just being shocked by news reports of unpredicted black box warnings. This may lead to physicians being more cautious when prescribing new treatments without considering the potential adverse effects (Fox…
| Government regulatory agencies | Agencies with established authority over healthcare activities; licensing agencies and rate-regulating commissions are examples |…
Public health should be the priority so I do believe that steps should be taken. Developing countries may not have the same standard of health safeguards as developed ones. An international standard would certainly help this. How things are stored can also help. It also requires better education of workers to establish when they are effectively too ill to work because of the risk of transferring diseases. It is not always clear and workers can prioritise their own well being over those across a border they won't meet. Preservation of food without using chemicals would be preferable to with them and can be more effective. I have heard of picked apples being in storage for up to a year in the USA, coming out just as fresh as they went in. Infrastructure…
The FDA is an agency under the health and human services an arm of government institution headquarters in Washington DC. The agency is the oldest comprehensive consumer protection agency. The FDA regulatory functions began in 1906 when the pure food and drugs Act was enacted. Since then their tasks have changed with the socio-cultural, political and economic aspects in which basis it was established. Their major duty encompass of food products, human and animal drugs, medical devices. Protecting the public health by assuring that foods are safe and properly labeled.…
Since 1970, the Environmental Protection Agency has protected public health by setting and enforcing standards to protect the quality of the air we breathe and the water we drink.…