president theodore roosevelt passed the pure food and drug act.
president theodore roosevelt passed the pure food and drug act.
who passed the pure food and drug act?
president theodore roosevelt
the pure food and drug act of 1906 was a key piece of progressive era legislation, signed by president theodore roosevelt on the same day as the federal meat inspection act. enforcement of the pure food and drug act was assigned to the bureau of chemistry in the u.s. department of agriculture which was renamed the u.s. food and drug administration (fda) in 1930. the meat inspection act was assigned to what is now known as the food safety and inspection service, which remains in the u.s. department of agriculture. the first federal law regulating foods and drugs, the 1906 act's reach was limited to foods and drugs moving in interstate commerce. although the law drew upon many precedents, provisions, and legal experiments pioneered in individual states, the federal law defined "misbranding" and "adulteration" for the first time and prescribed penalties for each. the law recognized the u.s. pharmacopeia and the national formulary as standards authorities for drugs, but made no similar provision for federal food standards. the law was principally a "truth in labeling" law designed to raise standards in the food and drug industries and protect the reputations and pocketbooks of honest businessmen.
pure food and drug act
in 1906, two acts were signed into law following the aftermath of the accounts of lack of food quality: the pure food and drug act and the federal meat inspection act. the pure food and drug act forced food manufacturers to only sell unadulterated foods and to correctly label foods. the meat inspection act lead to the creation of the us department of agriculture's food safety and inspection service, which manages the production of meat, poultry, and eggs, enforcing regulated limits of certain contaminants and enforcing quality of product. these laws have become a foundation for food safety in the united states and have set a precedent in regulating food. since these two acts were signed, amendments and changes have taken place, but upon the framework set by the pure food and drug act and the meat inspection act. these acts allowed u.s. court case called u.s. vs. 95 barrels alleged apple cider vinegar to rule that the apple cider vinegar in question was misbranded as it was made from dried apples instead of fresh apples.
food safety in the united states