Editing Food and Drug Administration (section)

==== Office of Regulatory Affairs ====
The [[Office of Regulatory Affairs]] is considered the agency's "eyes and ears", conducting the vast majority of the FDA's work in the field.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Key FDA Policies for Medical Device Manufacturer Inspections |url=https://www.nsf.org/knowledge-library/key-fda-policies-procedures-practices-before-during-after-medical-device-manufacturer-inspections |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=www.nsf.org |language=en}}</ref> Its employees, known as Consumer Safety Officers, or more commonly known simply as investigators, inspect production, warehousing facilities, investigate complaints, illnesses, or outbreaks, and review documentation in the case of medical devices, drugs, biological products, and other items where it may be difficult to conduct a physical examination or take a physical sample of the product. The Office of Regulatory Affairs is divided into five regions, which are further divided into 20 districts. The districts are based roughly on the geographic divisions of the [[United States federal court system|Federal court system]]. Each district comprises a main district office and a number of Resident Posts, which are FDA remote offices that serve a particular geographic area. ORA also includes the Agency's network of regulatory laboratories, which analyze any physical samples taken. Though samples are usually food-related, some laboratories are equipped to analyze drugs, cosmetics, and radiation-emitting devices.