Gmp fda history biography
Gmp fda history biography
History of the fda...
History of GMP
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Good Manufacturing Practice resulted from a long history of the need for consumer protection. GMPs are regulations issued by authority of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. To understand why they are the way they are, it is useful to look back at the history of FDA legislation and consumer protection issues.
The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906
At the beginning of the 20th century, there were no federal regulations to protect the public from dangerous products, and technology was primitive. The move from an agricultural to an industrial society meant that people were getting their food from sources further away. Conditions in food and drug industries would be unthinkable today. Ice was the main means of refrigeration, milk was unpasteurized. Chemical