Food and Drug Administration
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The Food and Drug Administration is a U.S. federal agency responsible for protecting public health by regulating food, drugs, medical devices, and other consumer products.
All labels observed (12)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T82190 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Food and Drug Administration Context triple: [Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, oversees, Food and Drug Administration]
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United States Department of Health and Human Services
The United States Department of Health and Human Services is a federal executive department responsible for protecting the health of Americans and providing essential human services, particularly for those least able to help themselves.
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National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health is the United States’ primary federal biomedical research agency, supporting and conducting medical research to improve public health.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the leading U.S. public health agency responsible for disease surveillance, prevention, and health promotion domestically and globally.
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Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is a U.S. federal agency responsible for developing and enforcing regulations to ensure the safe, reliable, and environmentally sound transportation of energy products and other hazardous materials.
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E.
United States Department of Agriculture
The United States Department of Agriculture is a federal executive department responsible for developing and executing national policies on farming, forestry, rural economic development, and food safety.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Food and Drug Administration Target entity description: The Food and Drug Administration is a U.S. federal agency responsible for protecting public health by regulating food, drugs, medical devices, and other consumer products.
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United States Department of Health and Human Services
The United States Department of Health and Human Services is a federal executive department responsible for protecting the health of Americans and providing essential human services, particularly for those least able to help themselves.
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B.
National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health is the United States’ primary federal biomedical research agency, supporting and conducting medical research to improve public health.
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C.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the leading U.S. public health agency responsible for disease surveillance, prevention, and health promotion domestically and globally.
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Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is a U.S. federal agency responsible for developing and enforcing regulations to ensure the safe, reliable, and environmentally sound transportation of energy products and other hazardous materials.
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E.
United States Department of Agriculture
The United States Department of Agriculture is a federal executive department responsible for developing and executing national policies on farming, forestry, rural economic development, and food safety.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
federal agency
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government organization ⓘ regulatory agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
Food and Drug Administration
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FDA
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| country |
United States of America
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United States
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| employerOf | commissioner of Food and Drugs ⓘ |
| formed | 1906 ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
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Center for Devices and Radiological Health ⓘ Center for Drug Evaluation and Research ⓘ Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition ⓘ Center for Tobacco Products ⓘ Center for Veterinary Medicine ⓘ National Center for Toxicological Research ⓘ Office of Regulatory Affairs ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry |
United States of America
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United States
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| headquartersLocation | Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
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federal government of the United States
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| legalBasis |
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
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Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938
Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Maryland ⓘ |
| mission |
ensure safety and effectiveness of medical devices
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ensure safety and security of the U.S. food supply ⓘ ensure safety of cosmetics and radiation-emitting products ⓘ ensure safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs ⓘ protect public health ⓘ regulate tobacco products ⓘ |
| parentAgency | United States Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ |
| performsFunction |
enforcement of labeling requirements
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inspection of manufacturing facilities ⓘ issuance of recalls and safety alerts ⓘ post-market safety surveillance ⓘ pre-market approval of drugs ⓘ pre-market approval of medical devices ⓘ review of clinical trial data ⓘ setting food standards ⓘ |
| regulates |
biologics
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blood and blood products ⓘ cellular therapies ⓘ cosmetics ⓘ dietary supplements ⓘ food products ⓘ gene therapies ⓘ medical devices ⓘ over-the-counter drugs ⓘ prescription drugs ⓘ radiation-emitting electronic products ⓘ tobacco products ⓘ vaccines ⓘ veterinary products ⓘ |
| website |
Food and Drug Administration
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surface form:
https://www.fda.gov
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Food and Drug Administration Description of subject: The Food and Drug Administration is a U.S. federal agency responsible for protecting public health by regulating food, drugs, medical devices, and other consumer products.
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