Which Countries have People that Eat Bugs and Insects and What is the Practice Called? July 18, 2014 by Karen Hill | Filed Under: Animals There are people all over the world who eat bugs and insects as food, and the practice is called Entomophagy, which comes from the phrase âinsect eatingâ in Greek.
No medicine can be sold unless it has first been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The manufacturers of the medication perform tests on all new medicines and send the results to the FDA. The FDA allows new medicines to be used only if they work and if they are safe enough. When a medicine's benefits outweigh its known risks, the FDA usually approves the sale of the drug. The FDA can withdraw a medication from the market at any time if it later is found to cause harmful side effects.
After an untested toxic drug called Elixir Sulfanilamide killed 100 people in 15 states in 1937, Congress passed the 1938 Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. The new act gave the FDA more authority to regulate drugs. Then, the Medical Device Amendments of 1976 gave the agency more regulatory power over medical devices. A common misconception about drug and device approval is that the FDA conducts its own tests before allowing products on the market.