Food and Drug Administration Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Food and Drug Administration Act - Title I: Food and Drug Administration - Creates a Food and Drug Administration within the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Provides that the function of such Administration shall be to promote the public health, safety and welfare. Directs the President to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, a Commissioner of the Administration. Directs the Commissioner to: (1) attempt to eliminate products presenting unreasonable risk of disease, injury, or death; (2) establish a capability within the Commission to engage in risk-based analysis; (3) establish an interdisciplinary epidemiology capability and undertake investigations in coordination with the Food and Drug Administration Information Clearinghouse to facilitate regulation-making and to assist in risk-based analysis; (4) establish a scientific capability within the Administration to assist in hazard detection, test method development, and quality control requirements; and (5) utilize field operations to conduct product evaluation, facilitate detection of conditions associated with products subject to his jurisdiction which might lead to disease, injury, or death, to monitor…