Which of the Following Is True Regarding the FDA

question 1

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true regarding the FDA?

• A) Its main emphasis in terms of budget and staffing is food regulation.
• B) It is lax on premarket testing of new prescription drugs.
• C) It has the authority to inspect foreign food factories but the resources to visit only one-tenth of 1 percent of them.
• D) It has been successful in eradicating economically motivated contamination and counterfeiting in the food supply.

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