United States government agencies, regulation

United States, it is regulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The FCC is an independent United States government agency chained with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable. The FCC s jurisdiction covers the fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. possessions. 

Compliance with Federal Statutes The fact that an article appears in the Food Chemicals Codex or its supplements does not exempt it from compliance with requirements of acts of Congress, with regulations and rulings issued by agencies of the United States Government under authority of these acts, or with requirements and regulations of governments in other countries that have adopted the Food Chemicals Codex. Revisions of the federal requirements that affect the Codex specifications will be included in Codex supplements as promptly as practicable. 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)—A branch of the United States government responsible for developing and enforcing regulations that ensure the protection of the environment. Online at http //www.epa.gov/. 

Because mobile sources of air pollution are capable of moving from one local jurisdiction to another, they are usually regulated by the national government. In the United States, state or local agencies can have more restrictive standards, if they choose. Through 1990, only the state of California had established standards more restrictive than the U.S. federal standards, and these only for gasoline-powered automobiles. 

Government agencies in the United States that regulate product labels should harmonize their labeling systems to avoid inconsistencies between products that are regulated by different agencies. 

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