1906 law establishing FDA and drug standards?

• A. FDA
• B. World Health Organization
• C. Treat-and-Release Protocols
• D. Pure Food and Drug Act

Answer: (D)

This question tests how federal regulation of foods and medicines began in the United States. The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was the first major law to curb adulteration and misbranding of foods and medicines and to require truthful labeling. It established federal authority over drug ingredients and quality, creating a framework for safety and standardization that paved the way for an agency to enforce these standards. While the FDA as a formal agency wasn’t created by this law itself, the act set the stage for its later formation and for ongoing drug regulation. The other options don’t fit: the World Health Organization is an international body established later, Treat-and-Release Protocols are clinical procedures rather than a federal statute, and the FDA as an agency wasn’t created in 1906.