FDA Consumer

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| category = Healthcare

| frequency = Bimonthly

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| publisher = U.S. Food and Drug Administration

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| founded = 1967

| firstdate = {{Start date|1967|01|1}}

| finaldate = March–April 2007

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| country = United States

| based = Rockville, Maryland

| language = English

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FDA Consumer was a magazine published from 1967 through 2007 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). From 1967 to 1972 it was known as FDA Papers before changing title to FDA Consumer with volume 6 no. 6 (July/August 1972).{{cite journal|url= http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/foodlj22&div=114&id=&page=|title=FDA's Obligations under the 1966 Public Information Act|author=Mamana, Joseph M |date=September 1967|journal=FDA Papers|volume=22 |page=563 |publisher=HeinOnline|accessdate= May 25, 2013}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/WhatWeDo/History/ResearchTools/ResearchingFDAwithPublishedPrimarysources/|title=Researching FDA with Published Primary Sources|date=September 23, 2011|publisher=U.S. Food and Drug Administration}}

The journal's stated focus was to provide "in-depth information on how to get healthy and stay healthy". Copies were distributed to depository libraries which selected to receive it. The FDA publication was available as an annual subscription for $14.00 domestic and $19.60 international. FDA Consumer ceased publication with volume 41 no. 2 (March–April 2007), though existing articles continue to be updated.

The FDA Consumer was provided online for volumes published between 1989 and 2007. The publication archive remains available through the U.S. Government Printing Office.{{cite web|url= http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps1609/www.fda.gov/fdac/default.htm |title=FDA Consumer Magazine Archive|work=FDA Consumer published online from 1989-2007|publisher= FDLP Electronic Collection Archive|accessdate= May 26, 2013}} In 2020 Casewatch.net published a complete set (1971-2007) in PDF format.

Consumer information from the FDA has migrated to the For Consumers section of its website.