1. Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 1938, 1954, 1958
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the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act provides factory inspection for safety and purity standards

2. FDA regulates the food, drug, and cosmetic act
Draft Year: 1938
Amendment law: 1954, 1958
National Law
FDA regulates the food, drug, and cosmetic act
U.S. federal government is authorized to inspect, test, approve, and set safety standards to foods, drugs, chemicals and cosmetics
New drugs, medical devices, and food additives must receive the FDA's stamp of approval as safe before being marketed to the public
provides factory inspection for safety and purity standards
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act,strengthened in 1958 with the Food Additives Amendment, precluding FDA approval of any food additive found to cause cancer in humans or animals
"Americans are avid consumers, and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, covers products that represent nearly a quarter out of every dollar spent"- Theodore Ruger

3. Problems to solve
regulates the safety, purity, and the effectiveness of some of the products, like drugs.
forbids the use of any food additive if it is found to be potentially cancer causing
prohibits inaccurate product labeling and provides civil and criminal enforcement if a company prints inaccurate labels on their products.
put restrictions on food and drugs, but it also banned cosmetics if they did not advertise exactly what was in them