The History of a Crime Against the Food Law: The Amazing Story of the National Food and Drug Law Intended to Protect the Health of the People, Perverted to Protect Adulteration of Foods and Drugs

436 Pages·1955·21.95 MB·English

by  Harvey W. Wiley

1,HEH ISTOROYF A CRIME
AGAINSTT HE FOOD LAW
DR.H ARVEY w. WILEY,
1911

THEH ISTOROYF A CRIME
AGAINSTTH E FOODL Aw···-.
THEA MAZINSGT ORYO F THEN ATIONAL
FOODA ND DRUGSL AW lNTENDETDO
PROTECTTH E HEALTHO F THEP EOPLE
PERVERTETDOP ROTECATD ULTERATION
OFF OODSA NDD RUGS
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HARVEYW . WILEYM,. D.
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MILWAUKEE3 , WISCONSIN
HARVEY WILEYM,. D.
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CONTENTS
P.A.OI!:
PROLOGUE
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INTRODUCTION
XI
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CHAP'l'ER
I FIGHFTO R'r HEF ooDA NDD RuGsL Aw .
THI<J 1
II TuEP oiSOSNQ UAD 57
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IIIR uLEsa NDR EGULATIONS . 78
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IV WHATI SW HISKY? ; 98
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v BoARDo FF oon DRuG INSPE(,'TION AND REF­
AND
EREE BoARDo F CoNsuLTINSGc iENTIFIC
ExPERTS 154
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VI PoLITiAcNsD P ERSECUTIOONFA STATE . 218
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VII ATTITUDoEFR oosEVELT.. 263
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VIIIT HEU NITESDT ATEPSH ARMACOPOEIA 275
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THEB UREAuO FS TANDAR.D S 281
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THEP ASSINOGFT HEB UREAUO FC HEMISTR.Y 346
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ILJ.�USTRATIONS
PAG"S!
FrosnptiieDcreH.,a rvWe.yW iley ••
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RobeMr.tA lle.n 17
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GrapChhiacrR te presetnhtCeio nmgp araItniflvuee nces
ofF oodansd P reservati.v es. . 5.1 .
EdwaFrrde moLnatd d 53
MrsW.a ltMeerNa bM ill.e r 54
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MisAsl iLcaek ey 55
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TheD iniRnogo mo f" ThPeo isSoqnu ad." . 60.
CommitttoFe oer mulRautleae nsdR egulaftoiEron n-s
forceomfet nhPteu rFeo oLda w. . . .. 79
FooSdt andCaormdmsi t.t ee
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CartoboyBn e rrymfarnot,mh "eW ashinSgtta"or n 96
Cartofornot mh "eR ockMyo untNaeiwn s" 97
CharJloesse Bpohn aparte
127
·LloByodw ers . 142
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Attorney-WGiecnrkeserhaa.ml 175
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Co tteeo nE xpendiitntu hrDeee sp artomfeA ngt"r i-
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cult1u9r1e1,.. . . . . . 17.7 . .
HonJ..Q .E mer.y 191
DrC,. A . L. . Reed 197
Mr.F loRyodb ison 207
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GrouaptS ecoDnedn vCeorn venitn1i 9o2n5 212
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A.C .B ir.d 215
J.S .A bbot.t 216
Mr.J ameBsi ngha.m 219
DrH.a rrEy.B arnard 251
HonJ.a meRs.M ann. 269
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PROLOGTJE:
'R'emembheorwl ong htahsaotlu r epaudotyff t hese
thinagnsdh, o wo ftae nc ertadianyae n dh ouraesi t
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werhea;v ibnege sne utn ttoh ebeyt hgeodtsh,o hua st
negle.ic tt.Ietdi sh igthi mfeo trh e-teou nderstand
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thter unea tubroet ohft hweo r--lwdh,eretohfoa ur at
par;at ndo ft haLto radn dG overnoofttJ. hrWe o rld,
from whaosam c,h annferloltm h sep ritnhgo,tu h y
·s eldfied flsotw: A ndt hatth eirseb utc ear taliinmei t
oft imaep poinutnettdoh eweh,i cihft hosuh anlott
makues oef t oc almaen da latyh mea nyd istempers
oft hys ouiltew ,i lpla saswea ayn dt howui tihta ,n d
nevaerf treert ue'r.n'
-FromT heG oldBeono okf M arcAuusr elius,
publi�bhyeJ d.M .D ent& Co.A,l dine
HousLeo,n doWn. ,C .P,a g1e6 .
'B'artea bulawtiilnolon td o;s impelneu meration
isp laiinnlsyu fficiTehnetrm.eu sbte a hinotfp er­
spectiTvheeh. i stomruisastne leacntdi, nt he awk­
warpdr ocoefss se lechtebi eocn omaenas r tiOsnte.
seemtsos ee htihset orithainus n actom forsttaabglee
desetrhltea boraatnodfr uyr tiavpeplryo tahcseht udio.
Andw hyn otT?h eriesn on eefdo rh imt ob lush
whewne d etehcitmi nt heq uestiocnoambplaeon fy
artisFtosr. hiissat noa rryat s w ell,-artothf er ep­
res�nptiansegtv entthsr oufgahc otfss cienatci­fic
curacIyft. h fea catrse inacictiu snr oahtti es,t .o ry
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INTRODUCTION
X
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·a gaintshtae u thooftr h isst orPyr.o batbhlteyr uths
whicahr teolidnt hfeo llopw�ignegas n,d- a.G overn­
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menlte vsiso lesneuttplt yh atnh aotf·N apolIeIoIn, will
bea safeguaagradi enxspta triaIttii sao dnv.i sable
ande vedne sirwahbiltlehe,me e moroi-efts4 icsr ime
arset iflrle sthos, ed to winn s impllaen guaar geec ital
thereTohfe.ra er mea nye mbarrassimnce onntnse c­
tiowni twhr itian sgt oorfyt hiksi nw.dh icuhs ually
wouldde toerrp revetnhtce o mpleotfit ohnwe ork.
Manyo ft h� au.atnhdop rasr tic·sii pna ttochrriism e
h�vael reajdoyi ntehdeg reamta joraintdey n tered
upot�hiGe r eAadtv entuIra emn. o utn m�ndofftu hle
excelaldeangte , Iw ilnlo t
nidle m ortuniiss bio num.
impuatneyb asmeo tivteots h owsheo anrole o nger
herteo detfheenmds elIvtie sfs a.·br ettteotr a kteh e
safceo ursTeh.ai tst oa ssutmhea tth cer imceosm ­
mittaegda itnhset FooDdr uagAriscd t w erdeu et o
erroorfjs u dgmaenndtn otto a nys et purpdoe·s- e to
strtohyse a lutparroyv isoifto hnilssa wW.h ilient he
reciotfta lh ecsrei mienss ,p iotfea purpotsote h e
contrtahreymr,ae y b ef ounadtt imleasn guwahgiec h
woulidn dictahtateth aec towresr neo ts impilgyn o-
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ranittm, u shte a ttri·bt uott hezede aflo prr opeenr·-
forcemoeftn htfe o olda ww hiclhe atdosa recoift al
thefsa.ec rtast,h tehrat noa p urp.oo sfme isju�.gti_hn eg
motiovfet sh aec totrhse mselves.
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thel awb eganT.h eraer et wor easownhsyI have
waitseodl o nbge fosreet tdionwgni no rdetrhi hsi s­
toryT.h e principalm yot niemw ea isas l clto hna­t
sume'dv imtyhe fforttosw airmdp rovtihnnegu trition,
andc onsequtehnhete laylo tfth h nea tioTnh.en eed
ofb ettneurt riitsis ohno winna na ddreospsp osing
three peoaftl h mei xefdl oluarwq uoted founr.t her
Thiwsa sa ni ndictomfet nhte sevkeirnoedfs t th e