The FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) regulates the production of food in America. The link you provided has a great deal of information about the FDA’s role in the food industry. It is organized by the type of work the administration does, and you can click on each link to see more details about each specific type of work.

For example, one of the FDA’s main jobs is making sure the ingredients in food are safe to consume. There are many different parts of this process. On one side, researchers are responsible for investigating and monitoring the contents of certain food products. More information about this process can be found under “Science & Research.” If scientists find an issue with a food product, such as an unhealthy level of a harmful chemical, it is a different department’s responsibility to enforce recalls of that product. More information about this process can be found under “Recalls, Outbreaks, & Emergencies.”

But the FDA does not only play a role in recalling dangerous food in the event of an outbreak like E-Coli. The administration is also the source of information about American food exports for international governments. More information about this job can be found under “International & Interagency Coordination.” As a part of the FDA’s role in international relations, it is also responsible for what is called “food defense,” protecting American food from intentional contamination. More information about this part of the administration can be found under “Food Defense.”

Overall, all of these sectors of the FDA work to ensure that Americans consume safe food products.