Fact checked by Nick BlackmerIn 2024, total food recalls decreased slightly from 2023, but hospitalizations and deaths from ...

100 Years A Select History of the FDA 1906 Congress passes the Pure Food and Drugs Act, prohibiting interstate commerce in misbranded and adulterated foods, drinks, and drugs. 1912 Congress enacts the ...

After two decades, President Theodore Roosevelt signed the Pure Food and Drugs Act in 1906, largely written by Wiley.

President Theodore Roosevelt signs the Pure Food and Drugs Act into law, the first federal legislation calling for stricter labeling of U.S. food and drug products. The act prevents the ...

In 1906, the Pure Food and Drug Act was established and required that drugs meet standards for strength and purity but not for safety. The Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, the law that ...

The truth is, we all — rich and poor alike — need government, for our humanity and our prosperity, Burgess writes.

Since 1906 with the Pure Food and Drugs Act prohibiting dangerous synthetic dyes in food, the industry has had to meet safer standards. Monitoring the safety of synthetic additives is an ongoing ...