Food and Drugs Authority

Ghanaian national regulator in Accra, established under the public health act of 2012 as the successor of the Food and Drugs Board, responsible for food, medicines, medical devices, cosmetics, household chemicals and tobacco. Registers products and licenses manufacturers, importers and distributors, inspects premises for good manufacturing and distribution practice, runs its own laboratories for quality control and the detection of substandard and falsified medicines, operates pharmacovigilance and post market surveillance and regulates clinical trials and advertising.