People's Republic of China (PRC) Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) is a directly affiliated institution for comprehensive supervision and management of drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, health food and catering food safety in the State Council. Responsible for drafting the draft laws and regulations on food safety (including food additives and health food, the same below), drugs (including traditional Chinese medicine and ethnic medicine, the same below), medical devices and cosmetics, formulating the implementation measures for food administrative licensing and supervising the implementation. Organize the formulation and publication of standards and classified management systems for drugs and medical devices such as the National Pharmacopoeia and supervise their implementation, formulate and organize the implementation of inspection systems for the supervision and management of food, drugs, medical devices and cosmetics, and organize the investigation and punishment of major illegal acts.
20 13 On March 22nd, the State Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) was renamed as China Food and Drug Administration. This means that this newly formed ministerial department was officially unveiled, and the "Jiulong Water Control" situation of food safety management in the past ended.