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Category : College Park (Md.)
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building, Food and Drug Administration
Author: Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and InfrastructurePublisher:
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Category : Public buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
The Poison Squad
Author: Deborah BlumPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525560289
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
A New York Times Notable Book The inspiration for PBS's AMERICAN EXPERIENCE film The Poison Squad. From Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times-bestselling author Deborah Blum, the dramatic true story of how food was made safe in the United States and the heroes, led by the inimitable Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley, who fought for change By the end of nineteenth century, food was dangerous. Lethal, even. "Milk" might contain formaldehyde, most often used to embalm corpses. Decaying meat was preserved with both salicylic acid, a pharmaceutical chemical, and borax, a compound first identified as a cleaning product. This was not by accident; food manufacturers had rushed to embrace the rise of industrial chemistry, and were knowingly selling harmful products. Unchecked by government regulation, basic safety, or even labelling requirements, they put profit before the health of their customers. By some estimates, in New York City alone, thousands of children were killed by "embalmed milk" every year. Citizens--activists, journalists, scientists, and women's groups--began agitating for change. But even as protective measures were enacted in Europe, American corporations blocked even modest regulations. Then, in 1883, Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley, a chemistry professor from Purdue University, was named chief chemist of the agriculture department, and the agency began methodically investigating food and drink fraud, even conducting shocking human tests on groups of young men who came to be known as, "The Poison Squad." Over the next thirty years, a titanic struggle took place, with the courageous and fascinating Dr. Wiley campaigning indefatigably for food safety and consumer protection. Together with a gallant cast, including the muckraking reporter Upton Sinclair, whose fiction revealed the horrific truth about the Chicago stockyards; Fannie Farmer, then the most famous cookbook author in the country; and Henry J. Heinz, one of the few food producers who actively advocated for pure food, Dr. Wiley changed history. When the landmark 1906 Food and Drug Act was finally passed, it was known across the land, as "Dr. Wiley's Law." Blum brings to life this timeless and hugely satisfying "David and Goliath" tale with righteous verve and style, driving home the moral imperative of confronting corporate greed and government corruption with a bracing clarity, which speaks resoundingly to the enormous social and political challenges we face today.
Federal Register
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Category : Delegated legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Federal Yellow Book
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Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 1438
Book Description
Vision + Voice: Changing the course of federal architecture
Author: The History of a Crime Against the Food Law
Author: Harvey Washington WileyPublisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Foods and Their Adulteration
Author: Harvey Washington WileyPublisher:
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Category : Food
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
Code of Federal Regulations
Author: The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
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Category : Administrative law
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
The Code of Federal Regulations is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government.