Ensuring the safety of food and the quality and safety of medicines in a country is an important role of government, made more complicated by global manufacturing and international trade. By recent estimates, unsafe food kills over 400,000 people a year, a third of them children under 5, mostly in low- and middle-income countries; every year poor quality medicines cause about 70,000 excess deaths from childhood pneumonia and roughly 8,500 to 20,000 malaria deaths in sub-Saharan Africa alone. The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Global Policy and Strategy is charged with improving capacity of the agency's foreign counterpart offices and increasing understanding of the importance of regulatory systems for public health, development, and trade. At the request of the FDA, this study sets out a strategy to support good quality, wholesome food and safe, effective medical products around the world. Its goal is to build on the momentum for strengthening regulatory systems and to set a course for sustainability and continued progress. The 2012 report Ensuring Safe Food and Medical Products Through Stronger Regulatory Systems Abroad outlined strategies to secure international supply chains, emphasized capacity building and support for surveillance in low- and middle-income countries, and explored ways to facilitate work sharing among food and medical product regulatory agencies. This new study assess progress made and the current regulatory landscape. Table of Contents Front Matter Summary 1 Introduction 2 Regulatory Systems, Global Health, and Development 3 Global Efforts to Strengthen Regulatory Systems 4 The Role of the National Government 5 The Role of the Regulatory Agency Appendix A: Committee Member Biographies Appendix B: Public Meeting Agendas Appendix C: Call for Comments Appendix D: Ensuring Safe Foods and Medical Products Through Stronger Regulatory Systems Abroad

Results from the National Research Council's (NRC) landmark study Diet and health are readily accessible to nonscientists in this friendly, easy-to-read guide. Readers will find the heart of the book in the first chapter: the Food and Nutrition Board's nine-point dietary plan to reduce the risk of diet-related chronic illness. The nine points are presented as sensible guidelines that are easy to follow on a daily basis, without complicated measuring or calculating?and without sacrificing favorite foods. Eat for Life gives practical recommendations on foods to eat and in a "how-to" section provides tips on shopping (how to read food labels), cooking (how to turn a high-fat dish into a low-fat one), and eating out (how to read a menu with nutrition in mind). The volume explains what protein, fiber, cholesterol, and fats are and what foods contain them, and tells readers how to reduce their risk of chronic disease by modifying the types of food they eat. Each chronic disease is clearly defined, with information provided on its prevalence in the United States. Written for everyone concerned about how they can influence their health by what they eat, Eat for Life offers potentially lifesaving information in an understandable and persuasive way. Alternative Selection, Quality Paperback Book Club Table of Contents Front Matter 1 Introduction 2 Guidelines for a New Eating Pattern 3 The Food We Eat 4 Diet and Chronic Disease in the United States 5 Calories, Energy Balance, and Chronic Diseases 6 Fats, Cholesterol, and Chronic Diseases 7 Protein, Carbohydrates, and Chronic Diseases 8 Vitamins, Minerals, and Chronic Diseases 9 Alcohol, Other Food Substances, and Chronic Diseases 10 Making the Change to the New Eating Pattern Appendixes Index