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Eleven physicians meet in Washington, D.C., to establish the U.S. Pharmacopeia, the first compendium of standard drugs for the United States.
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Nancy M. Johnson invents the hand cranked freezer, credited for the fast diffusion of ice cream.
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Drug Importation Act passed by Congress requires U.S. Customs Service inspection to stop entry of adulterated drugs from overseas.
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President Lincoln appoints a chemist, Charles M. Wetherill, to serve in the new Department of Agriculture. This was the beginning of the Bureau of Chemistry, the predecessor of the Food and Drug Administration.
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1869, Minneapolis, MN
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Joseph Albert Campbell was the founder of Campbell's Soup in 1869 when he partnered with Abraham Anderson
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passed, providing for Customs inspection of all tea entering U.S. ports, at the expense of the importers.
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Stamen Grigorov discovered the Lactobacillus bulgaricus, the lactic acid-producing bacteria, which is the true cause for the existence of natural yogurt.
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Henri Nestlé was a German-born Swiss confectioner and the founder of Nestlé, the world's largest food and beverage company, as well as one of the main creators of condensed milk
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Pure Food and Drug Act For preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes.
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1930, North Corbin, KY
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April 15, 1955, Des Plaines, IL
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ray kroc stared the craze of fast food
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Japan The instant noodle was invented by Momofuku Ando of Nissin Foods in Japan. They were launched in 1958
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The invention of the potato water gun knife revolutionizes the potato industry
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March 21, 1962, Downey, CA
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November 15, 1969