"Consumer Protection." Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, 2017, p. 1p. 1. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=funk&AN=CO206300&site=ehost-live. Date Accessed Nov 14, 2017. Summary: This article is an explanation of the consumer protection movement. It focuses on the rights of the consumer, including those related to food and drug consumption. Bias: This document speaks about the PFDA in the context of consumer protection as a whole. Therefore, the information is not centered around this topic and is trying to prove a slightly different point. During the Great Depression, the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 did not adequately protect everyone from unsafe material. In fact, “more than 100 people died after using …show more content…
It effectively shifted public attention to the scandalous procedures of the meat packaging industry. This drew the attention of Congress and President Theodore Roosevelt who passed restrictions on meat processing and the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 (p. 1). In the early 1900s, private organizations became concerned with meat transportation and food preservatives (p. 1). The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for the quality, effectiveness, and safety of both drugs and food (p. 1). The FDA has the right to “seize unsafe products and to criminally prosecute businesses that violate safety laws and standards”. The Pure Food and Drug Act gives them this authority (p. 1). The FDA is also in charge of labelling and sanitary packaging (p. …show more content…
United States, Fifty-Ninth Congress, Pure Food and Drug Act. 1906. Summary: This is the original document stating Pure Food and Drug Act. It was written by the Fifty-Ninth Congress. This document lists the rules and regulations on products intended for human consumption. Bias: This document was well researched and prepared. The writers were most likely repulsed by the conditions but were unwilling to attach extreme consequences to those who did not obey. This statute prevents adulterated food that is “any substance has been mixed and packed with it so as to reduce or lower or injuriously affect its quality or strength “(p. 3). Food substitution is also prohibited under this act in both part and whole. This act also ensures quality by eliminating food that is “mixed, colored, powdered, coated, or stained in a manner whereby damage or inferiority is concealed”(p. 3) . An drug is adulterated if “its strength or purity fall below the professed standard or quality under which it is sold”(p.