Question: "Why do TV Instruments have a label about the Food and Drug Administration?"

Answer: The labels of Direct View or Projection TV Instruments include a statement “Complies with FDA radiation performance standards 21 CFR subchapter J".   The radiation performance standards result from Direct View or Projection TV Instruments using Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) or Picture Tubes operating at a high voltage in order to accelerate electrons.  When electrons are accelerated thru this potential difference, and strike an object such as the Internal Magnetic Shield (IMS) or Shadow Mask, a portion of the energy released is in the form of potentially harmful Ionizing Radiation or X-rays.   The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) has created federal performance standards that manufacturers of electronic products which emit radiation must comply with to ensure radiation safety.  For Television, this would be provided by Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 1020 - Performance Standards For Ionizing Radiation Emitting Products, Sec. 1020.10 Television receivers. Section 1020.10 requires that radiation exposure rates not exceed 0.5 milliroentgens per hour.  Compliance of the design is determined by measurements made with an instrument under worst case test conditions including component or circuit failure which maximizes x-radiation emissions.  Requirements also include a Critical Component Warning Label for the Servicer.   The statement  "Complies with FDA radiation performance standards 21 CFR subchapter J"  is the manufacturer's Certification that the product complies with applicable FDA Federal performance standard, 21 CFR 1020.10.