jun 30, 1906 - Pure Food and Drug Act

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A law that seeked to prevent the contamination of food and drugs not scientifically found to be healthy. It came about as a result of muckrakers exposing unsanitary food preparation and drug addictions from patent medicines. The law required labels to be placed on drugs warning of habit changes that may occur. It also created the class of prescription drugs, or ones that could not be purchased without written permission from a liscenced physician. It created the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in order to enforce this law, and gave it the power to prosecute noncompliers.

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