Browse Items (21 total)
- Collection: Science in the Public Service (C-3)
Michael J. Ermarth, FDA Lab 3000
Michael J. Ermarth, FDA Lab 3000, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, February 5 2009
Feb. 5, 2009; Irvine, CA An FDA microbiologist tests seafood samples for the presence of Salmonella.
Tags: FDA, Food Safety, Salmonella, Science, Seafood, Testing
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
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
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.
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
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Examining New Drug Applications
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Examining New Drug Applications, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, February 27 2012
Medical Officer Alexander Fleming, M. D., examines a portion of a 240-volume new drug application around the late 1980s. Applications grew…
Tags: Alexander Fleming, Drug Amendments, Drug Application, FDA, Safety
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
US FDA, FDA History - Sure Cure Cartoon
US FDA, FDA History - Sure Cure Cartoon, US FDA, Unknown
This political cartoon pays homage to Bureau of Chemistry Chief Chemist Harvey Wiley who led the fight to institute a federal law to prohibit…
Tags: Cartoon, FDA, Harvey Wiley, Roosevelt
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Carl L. Alsberg
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Carl L. Alsberg, UC Berkeley, Unknown
Carl L. Alsberg (April 2, 1877 October 31, 1940) was an American chemist who served as Commissioner of Food and Drugs from 1912 to 1921. After…
Tags: Adulteration, Carl Alsberg, Chemistry, Coca-Cola, FDA, Monsanto, Safety
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