Dr Harvey W Wiley becomes chief chemist, expanding the Bureau of Chemistry’s food adulteration studies

In 1883, Dr. Harvey W. Wiley becomes chief chemist, expanding the Bureau of Chemistry’s food adulteration studies. Campaigning for a federal law, Dr. Wiley is called the “Crusading Chemist” and “Father of the Pure Food and Drugs Act.” He retired from government service in 1912 and died in 1930.

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Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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