These responsibilities were entrusted to the Bureau of Chemistry in the Department of Agriculture in 1907 and were organized into a Food, Drug and Insecticide Administration in 1927, renamed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1931.
These responsibilities were delegated to the Bureau of Chemistry in the Department of Agriculture in 1907 and subsequently reorganized into a regulatory body for food, drugs, and insecticides, known as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1931.