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In this section: Selected Amendments to the FD&C Act

Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act (FDAMA) of 1997

The Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act (FDAMA), enacted Nov. 21, 1997, amended the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act relating to the regulation of food, drugs, devices, and biological products. With the passage of FDAMA, Congress enhanced FDA's mission in ways that recognized the Agency would be operating in a 21st century characterized by increasing technological, trade and public health complexities.

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FDA Backgrounder on FDAMA

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