Before revision: Food, Drug, and Cosmetic (FD&C) Act (1938) - Replaced the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act with new and stronger provisions including:
After revision: Extending control to cosmetics and therapeutic devices.Requiring new drugs to be shown safe before marketing-starting a new system of drug regulation.Eliminating the Sherley Amendment requirement to prove intent to defraud in drug misbranding cases.Providing that safe tolerances be set for unavoidable poisonous substances.Authorizing standards of identity, quality, and fill-of-container for foods.Authorizing factory inspections.Adding the remedy of court injunctions to the previous penalties of seizures and prosecutions.Food, Drug, and Cosmetic (FD&C) Act (1938) - Replaced the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act with new and stronger provisions including: