By Dr. Royal Lee
Summary: Dr. Royal Lee recognizes the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Food and Drug Administration (originally called the Bureau of Chemistry) by citing the failure of its mission to protect the food supply from nutritional destruction. He recalls the noble vision of its founder, Dr. Harvey Wiley, who fought for decades to create the agency, only to see it usurped by powerful business and political interests. Lee writes, "In the midst of public praise for Wiley's pioneering and public thanksgiving over the (supposed) fact that foods, drugs and cosmetics are pure and truly labeled, we are likely to overlook the way in which Wiley's work has been perverted. We may remain ignorant of the way in which the FDA protects the food, drug and cosmetic industries, and the medical monopoly, at the expense of the public it is supposed to serve. We may forget that Wiley himself was ousted for trying to stand up against these powerful interests." This is a rich historical document alerting the American people to a matter on which they had been—and continue to be—intentionally and systematically deceived. From the periodical Liberation, 1957.
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