FDA at 75, 1906-1981: Pioneers in Consumer Protection (PHS FDA, 1981)

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[2022, Nov 4] National Library of Medicine: "FDA 75, 1906-1981: Pioneers in Consumer Protection 9 (PHS FDA, 1981)"
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Nov 4, 2022
This documentary traces the history and evolution of the Food and Drug Administration from 1906 to 1981. Commissioner Harvey Washington Wiley (1907-1912), who came to the Department of Agriculture from Purdue University, is called the "Father of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906." Historian James Harvey Young elaborates on the need for the act, which was signed into law by Theodore Roosevelt in 1906. Commissioner Walter G. Campbell (1921-1924, 1927-1944) developed posters which advertised problems with food, and created the "American Chamber of Horrors," to emphasize food and drug dangers. In 1938, Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Since World War II, the FDA has been involved in food and drug testing, food labeling, inspection, and drug certification. The 1962 amendments, which grew out of the thalidomide scare, were another landmark for the FDA.

Learn more about this film and search its transcript at NLM Digital Collections: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101091161