Prior to the 20th Century, there were few federal laws controlling the contents and sale of domestically produced food and medicine. Under Harvey Washington Wiley, 1883's chief chemist, the Department of Agriculture began conducting research into the safety of food and drugs in the American market. In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt created the Food and Drug act, also known as the "Wiley Act", after Harvey Wiley. The FDA is part of the White House's Office of Regulatory Affairs, it is an agent inside the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.. Since 1906, the FDA has evolved to better cater the needs of a larger nation, with economic, cultural, and political changes. What has remained the same is the core public health mission that
