The Federation Food and Drug Administration was an agency of the government of the United Federation of Planets.
At the time a commercial for Tribbles cereal was made, the Federation Food and Drug Administration did not approve the use of the Edward macronutrient for food.
Despite this, it was an ingredient of the cereal. (ST: "The Trouble with Edward", credit cookie)
The name is similar to that of several similarly named government agencies existing today, including that of the United States.
The Federation Food and Drug Administration was mentioned only in the commercial presented as a post-credits scene in "The Trouble with Edward". The context of the commercial from the in-universe perspective is impossible to determine, and may not have been meant to be taken literally.
External link[]
- Federation Food and Drug Administration at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works