The Pure Food & Drug Act was passed in June 1906 following this Upton Sinclair meatpacking industry expose
The Pure Food and Drug Act was enacted by Congress in accordance with 
its... [DOC] [TLE] Harvey Wiley, Theodore Roosevelt, and the Federal Regulation of ... [PAR] In 1906 Congress passed two landmark pieces of legislation: the Pure Food and 
... the passage of the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act than ... 
After the war Wiley resumed his studies at Hanover College, graduating in 1867.