The mission of the Food & Drug Administration is to enforce laws enacted by the U.S. Congress and regulations established by the Agency to protect the consumer's health, safety, and pocketbook. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act is the basic food and drug law of the U.S. With numerous amendments it is the most extensive law of its kind in the world. The law is intended to assure the consumer that foods are …showed first 75 words of 1903 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1903 total…uly 1998 by the endorsement made by the FDA. Not only did the FDA approve the drug to benefit the suffers of leprosy, some cancers and macular degeneration the administration helped in initiating programs to educate patients on the concerns and dangers of the thalidomide usage. With this stand on thalidomide the FDA has helped suffers of these diseases but also help quell the concerns of the deontological theory believers by educating the involved individuals.