FDA commemorates 100
years of service
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) celebrated the centennial of the Pure Food and Drugs Act of 1906 at an event dedicated to the agency's past, present and future service to the nation.
The ceremony, held June 30 at the FDA's Harvey W. Wiley federal building, featured U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael O. Leavitt and Acting FDA Commissioner Andrew C. von Eschenbach, M.D. Also in attendance were senior leaders of the agency, and scores of current and former FDA employees and special guests including former Commissioners of Food and Drugs, representatives of consumer and trade groups, and descendants of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, the scientist whose early support of food and drug regulations earned him the title of "Father of the Pure Food and Drugs Act." Dr. Wiley served as the first director of the Bureau of Chemistry of the United States Department of Agriculture, which later became the FDA.
In addition to presentations by Secretary Leavitt and Acting Commissioner Dr. von Eschenbach, the program's highlights included an overview of the coming public health opportunities and challenges by FDA's Deputy Commissioners and other senior leaders of the agency. Sean K. Sullivan, Associate Publisher of Good Housekeeping magazine, spoke about Dr. Wiley's work following government service as Director of the Bureau of Foods, Sanitation and Health for Good Housekeeping magazine.
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The modern FDA dates its origin to June 1906, when President Theodore Roosevelt signed the Food and Drugs Act and Congress embarked on a policy of continuous strengthening of public health protections and of their enforcement, first by the Bureau of Chemistry, and later by the FDA. Since then, Americans have benefited from increasingly comprehensive, science-based safeguards for a myriad products essential for health, survival and high quality of life.
Today, these products represent almost 25% of all U.S. consumer spending and include 80% of the national food supply as well as all human drugs, vaccines, blood products, medical devices, tissues for transplantation, radiation-emitting equipment, and animal drugs and feed.
