Pure Food and Drug Act | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-11

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Pure Food and Drug Act


00:00:57 1 Historical significance
00:02:21 2 Particular drugs deemed addictive
00:04:02 3 History of passage
00:06:36 4 Beginnings of the Food and Drug Administration
00:07:37 5 Enforcement of labeling and future ramifications



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The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was the first of a series of significant consumer protection laws which was enacted by Congress in the 20th century and led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration. Its main purpose was to ban foreign and interstate traffic in adulterated or mislabeled food and drug products, and it directed the U.S. Bureau of Chemistry to inspect products and refer offenders to prosecutors. It required that active ingredients be placed on the label of a drug’s packaging and that drugs could not fall below purity levels established by the United States Pharmacopeia or the National Formulary.  The Jungle by Upton Sinclair was an inspirational piece that kept the public's attention on the important issue of unsanitary meat processing plants that later led to food inspection legislation.  Sinclair quipped, "I aimed at the public's heart and by accident I hit it in the stomach," as readers demanded and got the pure food law.