<P> The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was a key piece of Progressive Era legislation , signed by President Theodore Roosevelt on the same day as the Federal Meat Inspection Act . Enforcement of the Pure Food and Drug Act was assigned to the Bureau of Chemistry in the U.S. Department of Agriculture which was renamed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) in 1930 . The Meat Inspection Act was assigned to what is now known as the Food Safety and Inspection Service , which remains in the U.S. Department of Agriculture . The first federal law regulating foods and drugs , the 1906 Act 's reach was limited to foods and drugs moving in interstate commerce . Although the law drew upon many precedents , provisions , and legal experiments pioneered in individual states , the federal law defined `` misbranding '' and `` adulteration '' for the first time and prescribed penalties for each . The law recognized the U.S. Pharmacopeia and the National Formulary as standards authorities for drugs , but made no similar provision for federal food standards . The law was principally a `` truth in labeling '' law designed to raise standards in the food and drug industries and protect the reputations and pocketbooks of honest businessmen . </P>
<P> The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was a key piece of Progressive Era legislation , signed by President Theodore Roosevelt on the same day as the Federal Meat Inspection Act . Enforcement of the Pure Food and Drug Act was assigned to the Bureau of Chemistry in the U.S. Department of Agriculture which was renamed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) in 1930 . The Meat Inspection Act was assigned to what is now known as the Food Safety and Inspection Service , which remains in the U.S. Department of Agriculture . The first federal law regulating foods and drugs , the 1906 Act 's reach was limited to foods and drugs moving in interstate commerce . Although the law drew upon many precedents , provisions , and legal experiments pioneered in individual states , the federal law defined `` misbranding '' and `` adulteration '' for the first time and prescribed penalties for each . The law recognized the U.S. Pharmacopeia and the National Formulary as standards authorities for drugs , but made no similar provision for federal food standards . The law was principally a `` truth in labeling '' law designed to raise standards in the food and drug industries and protect the reputations and pocketbooks of honest businessmen . </P>
who passed the pure food and drug act
who passed the pure food and drug act
President Theodore Roosevelt
President Theodore Roosevelt