In June 1938 Franklin D Roosevelt signed into law a new Food Drug and Cosmetic Act the first major legislation regulating these industries since the 1906 Wiley law Eliminating many serious and long standing abuses in production labeling and advertising the 1938 Act was in the words of David L Cowen a milestone in federal interest in consumer protection Despite its importance to the American public however its passage was effected only after a long complex battle between conflicting interest groups This volume is a study in depth of that five year struggle fully documented by records correspondence and publications as well as a social history of the period The author analyzes the inadequacy of the 1906 law the roles of Franklin Roosevelt Henry Wallace and Rexford Tugwell the American Medical Association drug associations and consumers and women s groups Originally published in 1970 The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print on demand technology to again make available previously out of print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905