food safety

Food Safety Milestones in History of FDA 1880-2010

Until a little over a century ago, there were no federal laws or regulations in place to protect the public from potentially dangerous substances in medicines or foods. In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln appointed a chief chemist to serve in the new Department of Agriculture. This appointment marked the beginning of the Bureau of Chemistry, …

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Vitamin A toxicity from Polar Bear Liver

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“It has long been known among Eskimos and arctic travelers that the ingestion of polar-bear liver by men and dogs causes severe illness. It has also been reported that the liver of a certain seal (Phoca barbata) is poisonous, although opinion on this point, is less unanimous…

Food and Drugs Act of 1906 (full text)

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Federal Food and Drugs Act of 1906 (THE “WILEY ACT”) PUBLIC LAW NUMBER 59-384 34 STAT. 768 (1906) 21 U.S.C. Sec 1-15 (1934) (REPEALED IN 1938 BY 21 U.S.C. Sec 329 (a))

Health of a Nation: Harvey W.Wiley and the Fight for Pure Food by Oscar E. Anderson

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