A joint resolution to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the passage of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
PL 100-452 (H.J.Res.600), enacted 09/29/1988

102 STAT. 1902 
PUBLIC LAW 100-452—SEPT. 29, 1988 
Public Law 100-452 
100th Congress 
Joint Resolution 
Sept. 29, 1988 
To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the passage of the Federal Food, Drug, 
[H.J. Res. 600] 
and Ck)smetic Act. 
Whereas the passage of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
on June 25, 1938, was a landmark event in the protection of the 
public health; 
Whereas this Act remains the basic law enforced by the Food and 
Drug Administration; 
Whereas the Food and Drug Administration has over the course of 
the last 50 years established rigorous standards for food and drug 
safety that have been respected and emulated throughout the 
world; 
Whereas the Food and Drug Administration's efforts have helped 
make America's food supply the world's safest; 
Whereas the agency has developed the world's most advanced drug 
review system—a system which has assured the safety and effi-
cacy of the Nation's pharmaceutical products; 
Whereas the advanced scientific approach toward drug review 
adopted by the Food and Drug Administration has contributed 
enormously to the betterment of science, medicine, and health of 
the American people; 
Whereas the Food and Drug Administration has consistently im-
proved this system to make it responsive to the changing needs of 
the American people, technology, and the marketplace; 
Whereas the Food and Drug Administration has diligently protected 
the 
American 
public 
against 
products 
that 
have 
been 
misformulated, misbranded, or adulterated; 
Whereas this effort has sustained the American public's high level 
of confidence in the basic safety of the marketplace over the past 
50 years; 
Whereas the Food and Drug Administration through its regulation 
of the Nation's blood networks has maintained the basic safety 
and efficient functioning of America's blood supply; 
Whereas the Food and Drug Administration has the responsibility 
for regulation of products representing 25 percent of each 
consumer dollar spent and has successfully met its tremendous 
responsibilities even in the face of limited resources; and 
Whereas the men and women of the Food and Drug Administration 
have worked tirelessly, and often at great personal sacrifice, in 
order to perform their vital service to the Nation: Now, therefore, 
be it 
PUBLIC LAW 100-452—SEPT. 29, 1988 
102 STAT. 1903 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Congress recog-
nizes as an important anniversary the passage of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The President of the United States is 
authorized and requested to issue a proclamation calling upon the 
people of the United States to observe this anniversary with appro-
priate ceremonies and activities. 
Approved September 29, 1988. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.J. Res. 600 (S.J. Res. 320): 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 134 (1988): 
July 11, considered and passed House. 
July 26, S. 
J. Res. 320 considered and passed Senate. 
Sept. 14, H.J. Res. 600 considered and passed Senate.