1875 – Alabama laws provided board of health representation in rural areas for first time in United States
Alabama laws provided board of health representation in rural areas for first time in United States.
1875 – Pure Food Law passed in England, the first in modern times
Not until the Act of 1875 was inspection and analysis of imported foodstuffs compulsory; this Act won the support of the trade industries because of its emphasis on “outside” contamination as well as its important distinction between “adulterated foods,” that is, food presenting itself as “pure” although it indeed had additives, and “manufactured” foods, such…