royal s. copeland created the food drug and cosmetic act.
who created the food drug and cosmetic act?
royal s. copeland
the united states federal food, drug, and cosmetic act (abbreviated as ffdca, fdca, or fd&c), is a set of laws passed by congress in 1938 giving authority to the u.s. food and drug administration (fda) to oversee the safety of food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics. a principal author of this law was royal s. copeland, a three-term u.s. senator from new york. in 1968, the electronic product radiation control provisions were added to the fd&c. also in that year the fda formed the drug efficacy study implementation (desi) to incorporate into fd&c regulations the recommendations from a national academy of sciences investigation of effectiveness of previously marketed drugs. the act has been amended many times, most recently to add requirements about bioterrorism preparations.
federal food, drug, and cosmetic act
section::::the federal food, drug and cosmetic act of 1938.





























the federal food, drug and cosmetic act was signed by president franklin d. roosevelt on june 25, 1938. the first attempt at reform, the “tugwell bill” was a “legislative disaster”. spurred by public outcry from the elixir sulfanilamide disaster (in which 100 people were killed because under the 1906 law, “premarketing toxicity testing was not required”), congress rushed to enact a new bill. even with the elixar disaster, the bill itself was not subject to much public awareness.





























section::::the federal food, drug and cosmetic act of 1938.:provisions of the act.
early history of food regulation in the united states