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1906 Drug Administration

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Food and Drug administration is a very important agency that has been apart of the government for over a hundred years it was founded in June of 1906.Though FDA can trace its origins back to the creation of the Agricultural Division in the Patent Office in 1848, its origins as a federal consumer protection agency began with the passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act.This 1906 act was created because there was along standing abuse in the consumer marketplace.This part of the government was made by Theodore Roosevelt and Harvey Washington Wiley in good faith for the people. The structure of the FDA for short has 5 sects of the group which is Office of the Commissioner and four directorates overseeing the core functions which include Medical Products and Tobacco, Foods, Global Regulatory Operations and Policy, and Operations.Office of Commissioner of the FDA provides agency-wide program direction and management

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