What is Federal Food and Drug Act of 1938?
- Replaced the 1906 act
- Revised the misbranding standard in a way that distinguished food labeling from drug labeling
- Relaxed the standard from "false and fraudulent" to "false and Misleading"
- Introduced premarket review (NDA)
- Prohibited false therapeutic claims for drugs
- Separate law allowed the FTC jurisdiction over drug advertising
- Brought cosmetics and medical devices under FDA's control
- Mandated legally enforceable food standards
- Tolerances for certain poisonous substances were addressed
- Formally authorized factory inspections
- Added injunctions to the enforcement tools
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