In 1937 over 100 people died after ingesting "Elixir Sulfanilamide" manufactured by S.E. Massengill Company of Tennessee. The product was formulated in diethylene glycol, a highly toxic solvent that is now widely used as antifreeze. Under the laws extant at that time, prosecution of the manufacturer was possible only under the technicality that the product had been called an "elixir", which literally implied a solution in ethanol. In response to this episode, the U.S. Congress passed the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938, which for the first time required pre-market demonstration of safety before a drug could be sold, and explicitly prohibited false therapeutic claims.
Who manufactured "Elixir Sulfanilamide"? What was one of the things the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act do? What year did Congress pass the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act? What drug killed 100 people in 1937? What is Diethylene Glycol commonly used for now? What company manufactured Elixir Sulfanilamide?  What drug killed over 100 people in 1937? Diethylene glycol is mainly used today as what liquid? What law did Congress pass following the Elixir Sulfanilamide incident? The name "elixir" implied a solution in what liquid?