(SFDA) The State Food and Drug Administration of the People's Republic of China was founded in November 2003 and is directly under the State Council. The State Food and Drug Administration is in charge of comprehensive supervision on the safety management of food, health food and cosmetics and is the competent authority of drug regulation. For drug or medical device registration please see the SFDA's Regulatory Guide.
The agency is China's equivalent of the US Food and Drug Administration.

The mammography quality standards act (MQSA) was established in 1994 and commit all mammography facilities in the United States to be accredited by an approved body and undergo annual inspections by state or federal inspectors. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for implementing MQSA and to develop national mammography regulations.