| One of the first
major challenges to drug regulation under the 1906 Act came in 1910. The Bureau had seized
a large quantity of "Johnson's Mild Combination Treatment for Cancer," a
worthless product that bore false therapeutic claims on its label. When the case came to
trial, the judge determined that claims made for effectiveness were not within the scope
of the Pure Food and Drugs Act, and ruled against the government. |
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 Representative
Swagar Sherley was a Representative from Kentucky and Chairman of the House Committee on
Appropriations. |
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In 1912, Congress issued corrective legislation. The Sherley
Amendment brought therapeutic claims within the jurisdiction of the Pure Food and Drugs
Act, but required the Bureau to prove those claims to be false and
fraudulent before they would be judged as illegal. |
