Why did the government passed the pure food and drug act

The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce and laid a foundation for the nation's first consumer protection agency, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Many people urged Congress to curb abuses of the food industry.

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