Food Additives Amendments were passed
On Sept. 6, 1958, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food Additives Amendments were passed, requiring that…
On Sept. 6, 1958, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food Additives Amendments were passed, requiring that…
On Dec. 25, 1956, the first Thalidomide birth occurred in Germany. Thalidomide, a new sleeping pill developed by…
On Aug. 17, 1955, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the hiring of 48 temporary investigators…
On Feb. 3, 1955, the first Citizens Advisory Committee met in Washington, D.C. to assess the effectiveness of…
In 1955, HEW Secretary Oveta Culp Hobby appoints a committee of 14 citizens to study the adequacy of…
In 1955, Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) was approved for medical use in the U.S. Chloroquine was discovered in 1934 by…
On Aug. 12, 1954, George P. Larrick becomes Commissioner of Food and Drugs. In 1937, he was responsible…
In 1954, First large-scale radiological examination of food carried out by FDA when it received reports that tuna…
On Dec. 7, 1953, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved methotrexate, an antimetabolite derived from folic…
In 1953, the U.S. Congress enacted the Factory Inspection Amendment which clarified previous law and required the U.S….
On Dec. 8, 1952, in U.S. v. Cardiff, the Supreme Court ruled that the factory inspection provision of…
In November, 1952, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) consumer consultants were appointed in each field district to…
In September 1952, Dr. William Hammon conducted the first placebo-controlled field trial of gamma globulin that, in just…
In 1951, the FDA approved the use of antibiotics on animals. In 1943, farmers in the U.S. found…
In 1949, the FDA approved nitrogen mustard to kill cancer cells.
In 1949, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published guidance to industry for the first time. This guidance,…
On Aug. 3, 1946, the articles of incorporation were signed by Governor Roy J. Turner that established the…
On Aug. 27, 1942, chemotherapy was first used to treat a cancer patient and the beginning of its…
On Dec. 1, 1941, in response to the emergency need for insulin standards, the USP formed an Insulin…
On Jun. 25, 1938, the U.S. Congress passed the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with new provisions….
In 1938, under the Wheeler-Lea Act passed by the U.S. Congress, the Federal Trade Commission is charged with…
On Nov. 16, 1937, the U.S. Congress directed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to give a full…
In 1933, the FDA recommended a complete revision of the obsolete 1906 Food and Drugs Act. The first…
On May 7, 1930, the McNary-Mapes Amendment to the Pure Food and Drugs Act was passed. The so-called…
In 1930, the name of the Food, Drug, and Insecticide Administration was shortened to Food and Drug Administration…
On Feb. 14, 1924, the Harrison Narcotic Act required prescriptions for products exceeding the allowable limit of narcotics…
In 1923, William Mansfield Clark from the U.S. Department of Agriculture alerted the public to the dangers of…
On Mar. 15, 1912, Dr. Harvey Wiley, “Father of the Pure Food and Drugs Act,” resigned as chief…
On Apr. 13, 1911, U.S. v. Johnson, the Supreme Court ruled against the government, finding that the product’s…
On Jun. 30, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt signed the Pure Food and Drug Act, and the meat inspection…