History of Food Safety in the U.S. - Part 2

In 1862, President Lincoln appoints a chemist, Charles M. Wetherill, to serve in the new Department of Agriculture. This was the beginning of the Bureau of Chemistry, the predecessor of the Food and Drug Administration.

This week, Part 2 of 3 on the History of Food Safety in the U.S.

TTFN, Fred.

Quote of the week: "The highest courage is to dare to appear to be what one is." - John Lancaster Spalding (American author, poet, advocate for higher education, the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria from 1877 to 1908 and a co-founder of The Catholic University of America, 1840 - 1916).

   History of Food Safety in the U.S. Part 2