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The Bureau of Chemistry becomes the U.S. Food, Drug and Insecticide Administration.

1927

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In 1927, the Bureau of Chemistry, which was originally created to monitor the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act, becomes the United States Food, Drug and Insecticide Administration. It will eventually become the Food and Drug Administration in 1931.