Location of FDA and its Predecessors in Federal Government

Year	Designation and Location	Statute
1839	Patent Office, Department of State	5 Stat. 353, 354 (1839)
1849	Chemical Laboratory of the Agricultural Division in the Patent Office, Department of the Interior	9 Stat. 395 (1849)
1862	Chemical Division, Department of Agriculture	12 Stat. 387 (1862)
1889	Chemical Division, United States Department of Agriculture	25 Stat. 659 (1889)
1890	Division of Chemistry, USDA	26 Stat. 282, 283
1901	Bureau of Chemistry, USDA	31 Stat. 922, 930 (1901)
1927	Food and Drug Insecticide Administration, USDA	44 Stat. 976, 1002 (1927)
1930	Food and Drug Administration, USDA	46 Stat. 392, 422 (1930)
1940	FDA, Federal Security Agency	54 Stat. 1234, 1237 (1940)
1953	FDA, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare	67 Stat. 631, 632 (1953)
1979	FDA, Department of Health and Human Services	93 Stat. 668, 695 (1979)