Question

Which option identifies why punishment from the FDA is unlikely in the following scenario?

Christian runs a slaughterhouse, and, upon inspection, his equipment was deemed unsafe.


The FDA only regulates the end product.

Equipment does not fall under a critical violation.

Equipment is regulated by the manufacturer.

The FDA does not regulate meat production.

Answer 1

The FDA does not regulate meat production.

Slaughterhouses/meat and poultry processing are under the USDA (FSIS) jurisdiction, not the FDA, so enforcement for unsafe equipment would come from USDA/FSIS (and workplace-safety issues from OSHA or state agencies), not the FDA.