Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Acts of 1938, 1954, 1958

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Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Acts of 1938, 1954, 1958

• By Carly Mackay

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This act was created to protect consumers from
harmful products in the drugs, food, and
cosmetics they bought

• Gave the Food and Drug administration the
  power to oversee the safety of food, drugs, and
  cosmetics

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• Presented to Franklin Roosevelt by Congress he
  signed it on June 25, 1938
• Replaced the 1906 Food and drugs act which was
  weakly enforced
• 1954 Pesticides Amendment (set limits for
  pesticide residue on agricultural goods)
• 1958 Food Additives Amendment (required FDA
  approval of any food additive found to cause
  cancer in humans or animals)

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• The American Chamber of Horrors The list of
  products that were not included in the 1906
  version of this law. They included
• Banbar, a worthless "cure" for diabetes that the
  old law protected
• Lash-Lure, an eyelash dye that blinded some women
• Numerous examples of foods deceptively packaged
  or labeled
• Radithor, a radium-containing tonic that
  sentenced users to a slow and painful death
• The Wilhide Exhaler, which falsely promised to
  cure tuberculosis and other pulmonary diseases
• This legislative act was finally brought to the
  publics attention when a drug company marketed
  Elixir Sulfanilamide, which contained a deadly
  chemical similar to antifreeze. Over 100 people
  died after using this product that was untested.

According to, http//www.fda.gov/oc/history/histo
ryoffda/section2.html
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Goals of The FDCA

• 1. Protect the publics safety -
• The FDA ensures safety through inspections
  of products already on the market, controls the
  manufacturing practices of companies, and
  possesses recall and seizure authority.
• according to http//www.answers.com/topic
  /federal-food-drug-and-cosmetic-act
• 2. To reveal information to consumers -
• The FDA outlaws misbranding and incorrect
  product labeling and requires some information on
  product labels like
• The nutritional content box
• Possible side effects and drug interactions