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Celebrating the FDA's 100th.(MEMO FROM MFJ)

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| June 01, 2006 | Jacobson, Michael F. | COPYRIGHT 1999 Center for Science in the Public Interest. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

It was 100 years ago this month that the Food and Drug Administration--then called the Bureau of Chemistry at the U.S. Department of Agriculture--was born. The agency's midwife and first director was Harvey W. Wiley, USDA's chief chemist, a spirited crusader against adulterated and mislabeled foods. Upton Sinclair's muckraking book, The Jungle, generated the public outrage that won passage of the 1906 Pure Foods and Drugs Act, which empowered the government to seize dangerous products.

The sad history of regulatory agencies is that they are established with the expectation that they will vigorously protect the public good ... but their vigor is soon eroded by pressure…

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