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

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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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