Many of these incidents are preventable. Since the early 1900s, federal, state and local governments have worked to improve ...

In her 2019 book, The Poison Squad, Blum details the origin story of the landmark Food and Drug Act. As more folks left ... groups and the growing “pure food” movement of the late 1800s ...

The first regulation of marijuana was passed in 1906, with the establishment of the Pure Food and Drug Act. This legislation required over-the-counter drugs containing cannabis to be labeled.

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 ...

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 government responded by passing the Pure Food and Drug Act. This law prohibited the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious food, ...

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