Portrait of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley
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Harvey Washington Wiley (October 30, 1844, Kent, Indiana - June 30, 1930, Washington, D.C.) was a noted chemist involved with the passage of the landmark Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906. Wiley was offered the position of Chief Chemist in the United States Department of Agriculture by George Loring, the Commissioner of Agriculture, in 1882. Wiley brought with him to Washington a practical knowledge of agriculture, a sympathetic approach to the problems of agricultural industry and an untapped talent for public relations. After assisting Congress in their earliest questions regarding the safety of the chemical preservatives then being employed in foods. These famous "poison squad" studies drew national attention to the need for a federal food and drug law. Wiley soon became a crusader and coalition builder in support of national food and drug regulation which earned him the title of "Father of the Pure Food and Drugs Act" when it became law in 1906. In 1912, Wiley resigned and took over the laboratories of Good Housekeeping magazine where he established the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval and worked tirelessly on behalf of the consuming public.
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Circa 1900
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Harvey Wiley, Chemistry, Agriculture, Federal, Food Safety
United States
Obama signs FSMA into Law
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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 years. The FSMA requires the FDA to undertake more than a dozen rulemakings and issue at least 10 guidance documents, as well as a host of reports, plans, strategies, standards, notices, and other tasks. The new law allows for administrative detention based on reason to believe that the food item has been misbranded or adulterated and thus violates a legal standard for the product.
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Executive Office of the President of the United States
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FSMA, Law, Science, Obama, Food Safety
United States
FDA Lab 3000
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Feb. 5, 2009; Irvine, CA An FDA microbiologist tests seafood samples for the presence of Salmonella.
Michael J. Ermarth
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration
February 5 2009
Michael J. Ermarth
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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FDA, Science, Testing, Seafood, Salmonella, Food Safety
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