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osha; occupational safety and health administration and it cares about providing a safety healthy work envirnoment according to its standards
OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Act) regulation sets out the requirements on how to control hazardous energy before performing maintenance, adjustments and / or repairs to equipment or machinery. The goal is to perform the task while preventing an unexpected discharge of energy, which can cause serious injury or even death.
FDA regulates all foods and food ingredients introduced into or offered for sale in interstate commerce, with the exception of meat, poultry, and certain processed egg products regulated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
USDA regulations protect and promote U.S. agricultural health, administer the Animal Welfare Act, carry out wildlife damage management activities, and ensure that America's agricultural exports are protected from unjustified trade restrictions.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)is responsible both for the registration of new pesticides before they can be marketed and the re-registration of older pesticides to ensure that they meet current scientific standards.
USDA: Within USDA there is another department called FSIS which is responsible for to ensure that the nation’s commercial supply of meat, poultry, and processed egg products is safe, wholesome, and correctly labeled.
FDA has got two different jobs:
1. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN): Ensures food supply is safe, sanitary, wholesome, and honestly labeled.
2. Office of Regulatory Affairs: Protects consumers and enhances public health by maximizing compliance of FDA regulated products and minimizing risk associated with those products
EPA:
1. Ensures safe pesticides use, establishes tolerances, the maximum amount of pesticide residue that may remain on or in treated crops, animals and animal products.
2. Ensures proper use of pest management techniques used on crops.
3. Establishes regulations and standards for safe drinking water.
