A consumer advocate named Harvey W. Wiley started the FDA in 1906, through the Pure Food and Drug Act, in part a response to the snake oil problem. Wiley also had a passion for food safety.

1906 – Pure Food and Drug Act and Federal Meal Inspection Act Passed The first U.S. laws addressing the safety of our food supply were passed – the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Federal Meat ...

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 ...

Typically, funding for treatment can be difficult to come by, with only 600 “orphan” drugs approved for use by the US Food and Drug Administration ... the Orphan Drug Act (1983) in the ...

We’re warned that sleeplessness takes a serious toll. But obsessing over how to cure it may be even more damaging.

However, these too have raised health concerns, leading to the enactment of laws like the Pure Food and Drugs Act in 1906. Over the years, many synthetic colors have been banned due to adverse ...

Maintaining healthy glucose levels and effective weight control can be a daunting challenge in today's fast-paced world. With ...

Legislations like the Pure Food and Drug Act, 1906; Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 1938; and others are said to have promoted the exclusion of children from trials of new medicines. The Professor ...

Criminalizing and policing street art not only fails to reduce crime, it actively detracts from the fostering of beautiful, ...