The acronym FDA stands for this government agency.
What is the Federal Drug Administration?
100
The novel which inspired Theodore Roosevelt to pass the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906.
What is the Jungle?
100
The act which prevents the manufacturing, sale, transportation of adulterated, misbranded, poisonous or deleterious food, drugs, medicines, and liquors?
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act?
100
In 1820, the establishment of this organization led to some of the first drug laws in the U.S.
Who is the U.S Pharmacopeia?
100
The Supreme Court rules that the 1906 Food and Drug Act does not prohibit false therapeutic claims but only false and misleading statements about the ingredients or identity of a drug.
What is U.S v. Johnson?
200
The FDA was established in this year.
What is the year 1906?
200
Current commissioner of the FDA.
Who is Margaret A. Hamburg?
200
Act which oversees the safety of food, drugs, and cosmetics.
What is the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act?
200
This president signed in the Food and Drug Act of 1906
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
200
In 1996, the FD, after having expressly disavowed any such authority since its inception, asserted jurisdiction to regulate tobacco products.
What is FDA v. Brown & Williamson?
300
Author who wrote the famous book titled "The Jungle".
Who is Upton Sinclair?
300
In 1985 the FDA approved the first test aimed at protecting blood recipients from infection by this virus.
What is AIDS?
300
Act which officially established the FDA as an agency in the Department of Health and Human services.
What is the FDA act of 1988?
300
This chief chemist of the Bureau of Chemistry contributed majorly to the passage of the Food and Drug Act of 1906.
Who is Harvey W. Wiley?
300
This case involves one of the most troubling public health problems facing our nation today, the thousands of premature deaths that occur each year because of tobacco use.
What is FDA v. Brown & Williamson?
400
The agency in which the FDA operates under.
What is the Department of Health and Human Services?
400
Amendments to food and drug law in 1960 required manufactures to establish the safety of this kind of additive to foods, drugs, and cosmetics.
What is color?
400
Series of amendments which put in force an approval system in which FDA was given the authority to review the effectiveness and safety of a new drug before it could be marketed?
What is the Kefauver-Harris Amendments?
400
In 1988, the FDA officially became an agency under this department.
What is the Department of Health and Human Services?
400
The Supreme Court rules that the Food and Drugs Act condemns every statement, design, or device on a product's label that may mislead or deceive, even if technically true.
What is U.S. v. 95 Barrels Alleged Apple Cider Vinegar?
500
This drug was responsible for the death of more than 100 people, which sparked the initiative for drug safety testing.
What is Elixir Sulfanilamide?
500
The Bureau of Chemistry, an early version of what later became the FDA, was part of this federal department.
What is agriculture?
500
This act was passed in 1902 to ensure purity and safety of serums, vaccines, and similar products used to prevent or treat diseases in humans.
What is the Biologics Control Act?
500
In 2003, the FDA established a working group to develop an action plan for dealing with this national public health problem.
What is obesity?
500
The court of Appeals upholds enforcement of the 1962 drug effectiveness amendments by ruling that commercial success alone does not constitute substantial evidence of drug safety and efficiency.