1938 Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act

Impact of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act on Fine Chemicals... 

Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, Section 601 (e), U.S. Government Printing Office, Washiagton, D.C. Ibid, Section 601 (a). 

The measurement of filth elements by microanalysis is a valuable adjunct in the enforcement of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and serves as an efficient means of evaluating conditions of cleanliness, decency, and sanitation in food-producing plants. This, of course, is in addition to the value of microanalytical methods in the determination of the fitness of foods as they reach the consumer. The techniques available, together with proficiency of manipulation, repeated references to authentic materials, and sound judgment in the interpretation of results, provide effective enforcement weapons in the constant war to prevent the production and interstate distribution of products which are unfit for the table of the American consumer. 

Many laws have been enacted over the last century that affect drug distribution and administration. Those included here are the Pure Food and Drug Act Harrison Narcotic Act Pure Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act. These laws control the use of the three categories of drugs in the United States (prescription, nonprescription, and controlled substances). 

The Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act is passed. This requires drugs to be shown to be safe before marketing, and authorises inspections of facilities. 

US legislation on food additives consists of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD C Act), the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act, and other applicable laws including the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act. The FD C Act states that foods are adulterated if they contain color additives that have not been approved as safe to the satisfaction of the Food Drug Administration (FDA) for a particular use. ... 

Food legislation in the US was implemented in 1938 and since then has been improved dynamically. The Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act classified specific colorants to be used in food and non-food products (FD C colorants). Each colorant has a color index (Cl) number and Cl name. Colorants are also identified by their Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) registry code numbers. The two groups are Certifiable Colorants and Exempt Colorants. 

One major problem caused by Section 409 (c) (3) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, commonly known as the Delaney Clause , which governed the registration of pesticides was the statement, No additive shall be deemed safe if it is found to induce cancer when ingested by man or animal,... . Dr Fred R. Shank, Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, US Food and Drug Administration, in... 

US Food and Drug Administration, Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (Amended 1997). Also available on the World Wide Web http //www.fda.gov/opacoiii/laws/fdcact/fdctoc.htm. 

Tolerance levels in or on coffee beans, established under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Acts, include values for glyphosate and its sulfinyl and sulfonyl metabolites,191 and N,N-dimethyl-2-(l-naphthalenyloxy)propionamide.192... 

Fig. 8 Example of the advertised indication (cures) from the labeling of a widely used patent remedy, before Enactment of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1906. (From Ref. 10.)...

In 1902 Congress passed the Biologies Control Act, which licensed and regulated the interstate sale of serums and vaccines used to prevent and treat diseases in humans. The effect of this would seem obvious because, after much discussion before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, the final result was passage of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1906 [2]. This bill was signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt on June 30, 1906 [3]. The Meat... 

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