Who regulates open faced sandwiches?

• A. FDA
• B. EPA
• C. USDA FSIS
• D. CDC

Answer: (C)

Open-faced sandwiches that contain meat or poultry fall under the agency that oversees meat and poultry products. The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is responsible for the safety, handling, processing, and labeling of these products, including prepared foods that include meat as a component. That’s why this item points to FSIS as the regulator.

If the sandwich didn’t include meat or poultry, most of that food would fall under the FDA’s purview, which regulates non-meat foods. The CDC doesn’t regulate foods—it's focused on public health surveillance and outbreak investigations—while the EPA handles environmental matters like pesticides and chemical residues. So, for meat-containing open-faced sandwiches, FSIS is the correct regulator.