U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Regulates radiation-emitting electronic products including microwave ovens, and reviews the evidence base for RF exposure from consumer devices.
regulatorUS
Last verified 12 August 2026.
- Role
- regulator
- Jurisdiction
- US
- Website
- https://www.fda.gov/radiation-emitting-products
Related records
- Microwave oven
The only consumer appliance with its own federal leakage standard: 5 mW/cm² at 5 cm from the surface over the product's lifetime, which is 50,000,000 µW/m² — high compared with any communications source.
Sources & emitters
Sources
- fda-microwave Microwave Ovens — U.S. Food and Drug Administration. government, link checked 2026-08-12.
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