title: The FDA as a public health agency.
authors.affiliation: Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Margaret A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hamburg
authors.forename: Joshua M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sharfstein
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005523:Food Supply / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D011635:Public Health Administration; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration