Editing Food and Drug Administration (section)

===Regulation of living organisms===
With acceptance of premarket notification 510(k) k033391 in January 2004,<ref name="FDA_K033391_Announcement">{{cite web |title=510(k) Premarket Notification K033391 |url=https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfPMN/pmn.cfm?ID=K033391 |publisher=FDA |access-date=July 4, 2021 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184153/https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfPMN/pmn.cfm?ID=K033391 |url-status=live }}</ref> the FDA granted Ronald Sherman permission to produce and market [[medical maggots]] for use in humans or other animals as a prescription medical device.<ref name="FDA_K033391_ClearanceLetter">{{cite web |title=FDA_K033391_ClearanceLetter |url=https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cdrh_docs/pdf3/K033391.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701125329/http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cdrh_docs/pdf3/K033391.pdf |archive-date=July 1, 2015 |url-status=live |publisher=FDA |access-date=July 4, 2021}}</ref> Medical maggots represent the first living organism allowed by the Food and Drug Administration for production and marketing as a prescription medical device.<ref name="Greer_2005">{{cite journal | vauthors = Sherman R | title = Age-old therapy gets new approval | journal = Advances in Skin & Wound Care | volume = 18 | issue = 1 | pages = 12–15 | date = 2005 | pmid = 15716781 | doi = 10.1097/00129334-200501000-00003 | doi-access = free }}</ref>

In June 2004, the FDA cleared ''[[Hirudo medicinalis]]'' (medicinal leeches) as the second living organism legal to use as a medical device.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FDA approves leeches as medical devices |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-approves-leeches-medical-devices-flna1C9447212 |access-date=January 14, 2023 |website=NBC News |date=June 28, 2004 |language=en |archive-date=January 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114031405/https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-approves-leeches-medical-devices-flna1C9447212 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The FDA also requires that milk be [[pasteurized]] to remove bacteria.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=January 26, 2022 |title=The Dangers of Raw Milk: Unpasteurized Milk Can Pose a Serious Health Risk |url=https://www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-serve-safe-food/dangers-raw-milk-unpasteurized-milk-can-pose-serious-health-risk |journal=FDA |language=en |access-date=January 14, 2023 |archive-date=April 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210404003528/https://www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-serve-safe-food/dangers-raw-milk-unpasteurized-milk-can-pose-serious-health-risk |url-status=live }}</ref>