Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906

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The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was a landmark U.S. federal law that laid the foundation for modern consumer protection by prohibiting the manufacture and sale of adulterated or misbranded foods and drugs and leading to the creation of federal regulatory oversight.

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instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
consumer protection law ⓘ
amendedBy Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 ⓘ
appliesTo drugs shipped in interstate commerce ⓘ
foods shipped in interstate commerce ⓘ
areaOfLaw consumer protection law ⓘ
drug regulation law ⓘ
food safety law ⓘ
chamberInvolved United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateEnacted 1906-06-30 ⓘ
enforcedBy Bureau of Chemistry ⓘ
historicalSignificance foundation of modern U.S. food and drug regulation ⓘ
landmark in U.S. consumer protection ⓘ
impact improved safety of food and drug supply in the United States ⓘ
increased federal oversight of food and drug industries ⓘ
influencedBy The Jungle by Upton Sinclair ⓘ
linked to: The Jungle

muckraking journalism on food adulteration ⓘ
inForceStatus largely superseded ⓘ
inspiredBy public concern over food and drug safety ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
ledTo creation of the Food and Drug Administration ⓘ
legalBasis Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Commerce Clause
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
longTitle An Act for preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors ⓘ
penalty fines for violations ⓘ
seizure of adulterated or misbranded products ⓘ
prohibits adulteration of drugs ⓘ
adulteration of foods ⓘ
misbranding of drugs ⓘ
misbranding of foods ⓘ
purpose to prohibit the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated drugs ⓘ
to prohibit the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated foods ⓘ
to prohibit the manufacture, sale, or transportation of misbranded drugs ⓘ
to prohibit the manufacture, sale, or transportation of misbranded foods ⓘ
to protect consumers from harmful or deceptive food and drug products ⓘ
regulates interstate commerce in drugs ⓘ
interstate commerce in foods ⓘ
relatedTo Meat Inspection Act of 1906 ⓘ
replacedBy Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ⓘ
requires accurate labeling of certain drugs ⓘ
disclosure of presence of certain dangerous substances ⓘ
shortTitle Pure Food and Drug Act ⓘ
signedBy Theodore Roosevelt ⓘ
successorAgency Food and Drug Administration ⓘ
yearEnacted 1906 ⓘ

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