The process of passing the Pure Food and Drug Act was long because the federal lawmakers had less incentive to put concerned into the food industry. Actually, the first time the government was involved in the food and drug law was during 1850 where they reclassified tea as an exclusion for certain kind food. “In 1884 a resolution was introduced in the House authorizing an investigation of adulterated food and drugs by the Committee on Public Health, but it received only fourteen favorable votes” ( Schmidt, 1946). Therefore, the government was not supporting the Pure Food and Drug Act in the beginning. However, between 1887 and 1892, there were hundreds of petitions that sent out to the Congress to protest against businesses who manufactured
