Jones & Hilton Co

Jones & Hilton Co. owned a large cold storage warehouse where they stored and processed meat and meat products. An insider revealed to the media that the facility failed to meet numerous safety standards, encountered rodent infestation, and sold potentially harmful and infected meat in the market without notifying authorities. The ________ has the authority to conduct inspections of the cold storage warehouse and initiate legal proceedings against the owners for endangering the health of consumers.

A) Food and Drug Administration
B) Consumer Product Safety Commission
C) Federal Healthcare Commission
D) U.S. Department of Agriculture