Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997

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Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997

Long title	A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to improve the regulation of food, drugs, devices, and biological products, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	FDAMA
Enacted by	the 105th United States Congress
Effective	November 21, 1997
Citations
Public law	105-115
Statutes at Large	111 U.S. Stat 2296
Codification
Acts amended	Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
Titles amended	Title 21 USC 301: Food and Drugs
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S.830 by Sen Spencer Abraham Sen Daniel Coats Sen Christopher J. Dodd Sen William H. Frist Sen Chuck Hagel Sen James M. Jeffords Sen Connie Mack, III Sen Barbara A. Mikulski on June 5, 1997 Committee consideration by Senate Labor and Human Resources House Commerce Subcommittee on Health and Environment Signed into law by President William J. Clinton on November 21, 1997

The United States Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997 (FDAMA) amended the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. This act is related to the regulation of food, drugs, devices, and biological products by the FDA. These changes were made in order to recognize the changes in the way the FDA would be operating in the 21st century. The main focus of this is the acknowledgment in the advancement of technological, trade, and public health complexities.