Food and Drug Administration

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In this article, the writer looks at the history, aims and actions of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The writer notes that during its evolution, the Food and Drug Administration has encountered numerous important problems which have created the necessity to enact and implement many laws and legislation. The writer discusses that the FDA petitioned for changes in laws concerning, among other issues, the quality of foods and the therapeutic claims of drugs. In conclusion, the writer maintains that the Food and Drug Administration is a professional and ever-evolving agency which has acted not only as a pioneer but has also maintained itself as a world leader in its field. Of course, leadership is a lonely road and despite recent criticism and media backlash, the writer feels that the agency has done an excellent job protecting the American people and has upheld its mission statement to the best of its ability.

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"Generally speaking, drugs were considered adulterated when their standards of strength, quality, or purity differed or fell below that of the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary. Misbranding occurred when drugs were imitated, offered for sale under the name of another product, and/or the contents of the package having been wholly or partly removed with other contents put in its place. Misbranding also took place when the package failed to state the presence of alcohol, morphine, opium, cocaine, heroine, alpha or beta eucaine, chloroform, cannabis indica, chloral hydrate or acetanilide on its labeling. Confectionaries were considered adulterated when they contained alcohol, any narcotic drug, terra alba, barites, talc, chrome yellow, other mineral substances, poisonous colors or ingredients detrimental to one's health."

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• "Twelfth Congress." Retrieved Nov. 2006. http://biotech.law.lsu.edu/cases/vaccines/vac_act_1813.pdf.
• "FEDERAL FOOD AND DRUGS ACT OF 1906 (THE "WILEY ACT") PUBLIC LAWNUMBER 59-384 34 STAT. 768 (1906) 21 U.S.C. Sec 1-15 (1934) (REPEALED IN 1938 BY 21 U.S.C. Sec 329 (a)." U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Retrieved 17 Nov. 2006. http://www.fda.gov/opacom/laws/wileyact.htm#sec6.
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