When and why was FDA formed?

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Title: When and why was FDA formed?

When and why was FDA formed?
Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:12:00 -0500

Though FDA can trace its history back to the appointment of chemist Lewis Caleb Beck to the Agricultural Division in the Patent Office in 1848, its origins as a federal consumer protection agency began with the passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act.

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