regulatory agency

Independent government commission charged by the legislature with setting and enforcing standards for specific industries in the private sector. The concept was invented by the U.S. government in 1887, and regulatory agencies exist almost exclusively in the U.S. The theory is that a commission of experts on the industry being regulated is better equipped to regulate it than the legislature or executive departments. Designed to operate with a minimum of executive or legislative supervision, agencies have executive, legislative, and judicial functions, and their regulations have the force of law. Important regulatory agencies include the Food and Drug Administration, OSHA, the Federal Communications Commission, and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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A review of popular remedies such as Lemsip powders, Day Nurse and Sudafed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency found "no robust evidence that these medicines work" in children.

Child warning for cold cures by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) urges parents and carers to check their monitors, made by Axminster Electronics Ltd.

Fatal risk of faulty baby sleep alarms; WARNING by The Mirror (London, England)

Five resulted in death (one suicide, one from infection, one sudden death from an unknown cause and two heart attacks), the data, from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), showed.

NHS approval for weight-loss drug by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)

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