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Events on Saturday 30 June 1906 1
1906Pure Food and Drug Act signedUnited States creates federal oversight of food and medicine safetyPresident Theodore Roosevelt signed the Pure Food and Drug Act, prohibiting the interstate sale of adulterated or mislabeled food and drugs. Passed alongside the Meat Inspection Act amid public outcry over unsanitary conditions exposed by Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle, it laid the groundwork for the Food and Drug Administration.