Departmento

ofFoodan
ndDrugA
Administrration

A)wasestabllishedunder theDepartm
mentofHealth
h(DOH)in
FoodandDrugAdministration(FDA
t
care of safety and quality
q
of food, drugs, meedical devicess and cosmettics. It was
1995, to take
upgradedtoanindepe
endentDepartmentundertheMinistryyofHealthin
nApril2013. Ithasfive
whichareFoodControlD
Division,DrugControlDivission,MedicalDeviceand Cosmetics
divisionsw
Control Division,
D
Labo
oratory Divisio
on and Admiinistrative Divvision. It also
o has branch offices in
Yangonan
ndMandalayy.FDAactivitieshavebeen
nexpendedw
withestablish
hmentofbran
nchoffices
in 12 States/Regions of the counttry and 4 bo
order trade zones.
z
FDA has
h also exteended and
ntrol activitiees of Regional / State/ District & To
ownship Foo
od & Drug
strengtheened the con
Superviso
oryCommittees.
Toenableethepublicttohavequalityandsafetyyoffood,dru
ugs,medical devicesand cosmetics,
FDA is im
mplementingg the tasks in accordan
nce with guidance from the Nation
nal Health
Committeee,Ministryo
ofHealthandMyanmarFo
oodandDruggBoardofAu
uthority(MFD
DBA).Since
thereareLawsrelated
dtothefoodanddrug,FDAhastoenfo
orcetheNatio
onalDrugLaw
w1992and
1
and Pub
blic Health Laaw 1972. FDA
A regularly notifies the
its provisiions, Nationaal Food Law 1997
public as well as State/Regional Food and Dru
ug Supervisorry Committeees about alerrt news of
dicines,unsaffefoodandcosmetics.
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