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Food and Drug Administration
The United States Food and Drug Administration is the government agency responsible for regulating food and medical treatments in the United States.
- 1927 - The "Bureau of Chemistry" is reorganized into two separate entities. Regulatory functions are located in the "Food, Drug, and Insecticide Administration", and nonregulatory research is located in the "Bureau of Chemistry and Soils".
- 1930 - The name of the "Food, Drug, and Insecticide Administration" is shortened to "Food and Drug Administration" (FDA) under an agricultural appropriations act.
- 1951 - Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act Amendments[?] PL 82-215
- 1953 - Flammable Fabrics Act[?] PL 83-88
- 1960 - Federal Hazardous Substances Labeling Act[?] PL 86-613
- 1962 - Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act Amendments[?] PL 87-781
- 1965 - Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act[?] PL 89-92
- 1966 - Fair Packaging and Labeling Act[?] PL 89-755
- 1966 - Child Protection Act[?] PL 89-756
- 1970 - Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act Amendments[?] PL 91-222
- 1972 - Consumer Products Safety Act[?] PL 92-573
- 1976 - Medical Device Regulation Act[?] PL 94-295
- 1986 - Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act[?] PL 99-252
- 1988 - Anti-drug Abuse Act[?] PL 100-690
- 1990 - Nutrition Labeling and Education Act[?] PL 101-535
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