The Department of Food and Drug Administration ( my, အစားအသောက်နှင့် ဆေးဝါးကွပ်ကဲရေး ဦးစီးဌာန; abbreviated FDA) is Burma's
food safety
Food safety (or food hygiene) is used as a scientific method/discipline describing handling, preparation, and storage of food in ways that prevent food-borne illness. The occurrence of two or more cases of a similar illness resulting from t ...
regulatory body, which oversees the safety and quality of food, drugs, medical devices and cosmetics.
FDA was established in 1995.
The agency was established under the 1992 National Drug Law, which also established the
Food and Drug Board of Authority
The Food and Drug Board of Authority ( my, အစားအသောက်နှင့် ဆေးဝါးကွပ်ကဲရေး ဦးစီးဌာန; abbreviated FDBA) is Burma's national regulatory agency, responsible for regulation o ...
, which regulates and controls the manufacture, import, export, storage,
distribution and sale of food and drugs, in the interests of public safety.
See also
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Ministry of Health (Burma)
The Ministry of Health ( my, ကျန်းမာရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန, ; abbreviated MOH) is a national government-run ministry administering health affairs and health care in Myanmar, including all of the medical schools. I ...
References
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Medical and health organisations based in Myanmar
Drugs in Myanmar
National agencies for drug regulation
Food safety organizations
Government agencies established in 1995
Regulation in Myanmar