The Pure Food and Drug Act

The Pure Food and Drug Act

Blake Mullet

 

  The Pure Food and Drug Act was made on June 30, 1906. This act was made because the food was starting to become rotten. All of the food was becoming rotten from the filthy conditions in the slaughterhouses and packing houses. The act made it so that every drug that was sold had to be accurately labeled with all the contents listed. This act was made to protect the people from dangerous and poisonous foods or drugs.