RA No. 3720 Flashcards
RA No. 3720
AN ACT TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND PURITY OF FOODS, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC BY CREATING THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION WHICH SHALL ADMINISTER AND ENFORCE THE LAWS PERTAINING THERETO
RA No. 3720 short title:
“Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.”
FDA Centers:
“(1) Center for Drug Regulation and Research (to include veterinary medicine, vaccines and biologicals);
“(2) Center for Food Regulation and Research;
“(3) Center for Cosmetics Regulation and Research (to include household hazardous/urban substances); and
“(4) Center for Device Regulation, Radiation Health, and Research.
Division of FDA Centers:
Licensing and Registration Division
Product Research and Standards Development
Laboratory Support Division
which shall be responsible for evaluating health products and establishments as covered by this Act for the purpose of issuance of authorizations and conditions to be observed;
Licensing and Registration Division
Product Research and Standards Development
Laboratory Support Division
Licensing and Registration Division,
which shall be responsible for the conduct of research, development of standards and regulations, compliance monitoring, and the oversight and audit of related researches that would ensure safety, quality, purity and efficacy of health products, as covered in this Act;
Licensing and Registration Division
Product Research and Standards Development
Laboratory Support Division
Product Research and Standards Development Division,
which shall be responsible for the conduct of research and appropriate testa and calibration, analyses and trials of products including, but not limited to, assays, and the conduct of oversight and/or audit of centers conducting bioavailability and bioequivalence tests and other tests as covered by this Act. It shall likewise provide direct line support to the centers which shall be separate and distinct per major product category that is regulated.
Licensing and Registration Division
Product Research and Standards Development
Laboratory Support Division
Laboratory Support Division,
any processed substance which is intended for human consumption and includes drink for man, beverages, chewing gum and any substances which have been used as an ingredient in the manufacture, preparation or treatment of food.
Cosmetics
Drug
Food
Device
Food
(1) articles recognized in official pharmacopeias and formularies, including official homeopathic pharmacopeias, or any documentary supplement to any of them, which are recognized and adopted by the FDA; (2) articles intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or other animals; (3) articles (other than food) intended to affect the structure of any function of the body of humans or animals; or (4)articles intended for use as a component of any articles specified in clauses (1), (2), or (3) but do not include devices or their components, parts or accessories.
Cosmetics
Drug
Food
Device
Drug
means medical devices, radiation devices and health-related devices.
Cosmetics
Health-related device
Radiation device
Medical device
Device
Device
This device does not achieve its primary intended action in or on the human body by pharmacological, Immunological, or metabolic means but which may be assisted in its intended function by such means.
Cosmetics
Health-related device
Radiation device
Medical device
Device
Medical device
means an electrical or electronic apparatus emitting any ionizing or non-ionizing electromagnetic or particulate radiation; or any sonic; infrasonic, or ultrasonic wave. It includes ionizing radiation emitting equipment which is not intentionally designed to produce radioactive materials.
Cosmetics
Health-related device
Radiation device
Medical device
Device
Radiation device
any device not used in health care but has been determined by the FDA to adversely affect the health of the people.
Cosmetics
Health-related device
Radiation device
Medical device
Device
‘Health-related device’
means any substance or preparation intended to be placed in contact with the various external parts of the human body or with the teeth and the mucous membranes of the oral cavity, with a view exclusively or mainly to cleaning them, perfuming them, changing their appearance and/or correcting body odor, and/or protecting the body or keeping them in good condition.
Cosmetics
Health-related device
Radiation device
Medical device
Device
Cosmetics
means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon, the immediate container of any article and a requirement made by or under authority of this Act that any word, statement, or other information appearing on the label shall not be considered to be complied with unless such word, statement, or other information also appears on the outside container or wrapper, if any there be, of the retail package of such article, or easily legible through the outside container or wrapper.
Authorization
Distribute
Assay
Label
New drugs
Label