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Tips from the public are often helpful to OCI and the FDA. Although we cannot answer every email, we will make every effort to follow up on the information you submit. The FDA is a regulatory agency first and foremost, and responsibility for enforcing the laws related to FDA-regulated products is shared between OCI and other components of the FDA.

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Common issues that do not fall under the FDA's jurisdiction include:

Restaurant food and sanitation
The practice of medicine
Criminal violations involving illegal drugs
Alcoholic beverages
Dispensing or sales practices of a pharmacy

Learn more about the major areas of enforcement investigated by OCI.

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Office of Criminal Investigations
Food and Drug Administration
7500 Standish Place
Rockville, MD 20855

Page Last Updated: 09/16/2025