Browse Items (21 total)
- Collection: Science in the Public Service (C-3)
U.S. Government, Great Seal of the United States
U.S. Government, Great Seal of the United States, U.S. Government, Basic design - 1782
The United States Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997 (FDAMA) amended the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. This act is related…
Tags: Drugs, FDA, Food, Modernization Act, Public Health
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Harvey Wiley, Chief Chemist of the Department of Agriculture's Division of Chemistry
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Harvey Wiley, Chief Chemist of the Department of Agriculture's Division of Chemistry, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 1883
Harvey Wiley, Chief Chemist of the Department of Agricultures Division of Chemistry (third from the right) with his staff, not long after he joined…
Tags: Department of Agriculture, FDA, Food and Drugs Act, Harvey Wiley, Science
Douglas A. Lockard, Herbert Boyer
Douglas A. Lockard, Herbert Boyer, Science History Institute, June 9 2005
Herbert Wayne "Herb" Boyer (born July 10, 1936) is a researcher and entrepreneur in biotechnology. Along with Stanley N. Cohen and Paul Berg he…
Tags: Bacteria, Biotech, Genetic Engineering, Herbert Boyer, Science
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Inspecting a Candy Factory
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Inspecting a Candy Factory, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 1911
John Earnshaw, an early food and drug inspector working in and around Baltimore, inspects a clean and sanitary candy factory around 1911/12. Candy in…
Albert Gustaf Aristedes Edelfelt, Louis Pasteur, Discoverer of Lifesaving Vaccines
Albert Gustaf Aristedes Edelfelt, Louis Pasteur, Discoverer of Lifesaving Vaccines, Albert Gustaf Aristedes Edelfelt, 1885
Louis Pasteur (December 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895) was a French His discoveries reduced mortality from puerperal fever, and he created the first…
Tags: Anthrax, Diseases, Germ Theory, Louis Pasteur, Puerperal Fever, Rabies, Vaccines
Department of Agriculture. Office of the Secretary. Office of Information, Main Building of the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
Department of Agriculture. Office of the Secretary. Office of Information, Main Building of the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Circa 1895
The Department of Agriculture Building was the original headquarters of the United States Department of Agriculture located on the National Mall…
Tags: Agriculture, Architecture, Department of Agriculture, Historic, Washington D.C.
Pete J. Souza, Obama signs FSMA into Law
Pete J. Souza, Obama signs FSMA into Law, Executive Office of the President of the United States, January 4 2011
Obama signs FSMA into Law. The law grants the FDA a number of new powers, including mandatory recall authority, which the agency has sought for many…
Tags: Food Safety, FSMA, Law, Obama, Science
Imperial War Museum, Penicillin
Imperial War Museum, Penicillin, Imperial War Museum, Between 1939 and 1945 - first photo, July 20 2009 - second photo
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Tags: Antibiotics, Diseases, Penicillin, Science, Syphilis, World War II
DCPL Commons, Portrait of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley
DCPL Commons, Portrait of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, DCPL Commons, Circa 1900
Harvey Washington Wiley (October 30, 1844, Kent, Indiana - June 30, 1930, Washington, D.C.) was a noted chemist involved with the passage of the…
Tags: Agriculture, Chemistry, Federal, Food Safety, Harvey Wiley
Sam Ogden, Rudolf Jaenisch
Sam Ogden, Rudolf Jaenisch, Whitehead Institute, June 2003
Rudolf Jaenisch (born 22 April 1942) is a Professor of Biology at MIT and a founding member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. He is…
Tags: Biology, Cancer, Diseases, Genetic Engineering, Rudolf Jaenisch, Science, Transgenic Science