Which agency regulates shelled eggs, bottled water, pet and livestock foods, veterinary drugs, infant formulas, dietary supplements, and all food sold interstate except processed eggs, meat, and poultry?

• A. USDA-FSIS
• B. USDA-APHIS
• C. FDA
• D. EPA

Answer: (C)

Federal food safety oversight is divided by product type. The FDA covers shelled eggs, bottled water, pet and livestock foods, veterinary drugs, infant formulas, dietary supplements, and essentially all interstate foods that aren’t meat, poultry, or processed egg products. This broad role includes ensuring safety, labeling, and compliance for these foods and related products. The USDA’s responsibilities are narrower here: they regulate meat, poultry, and processed egg products through FSIS. APHIS handles animal health and welfare issues, not general food regulation, and the EPA deals with environmental and pesticide matters. So the choice that aligns with regulating the wide range of interstate foods outside those specific meat/poultry/processed egg categories is the FDA.