The Gould Amendment sponsored by Rep.

Samuel W. Gould Samuel Wadsworth Gould (January 1, 1852 – December 19, 1935) was a United States representative from Maine. He was born in Porter. He moved with his parents to Hiram, and attended the public schools and North Parsonsfield Seminary. He gr ...

(D) of Maine, amended the

Pure Food and Drug Act The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, also known as Dr. Wiley's Law, was the first of a series of significant consumer protection laws which was enacted by Congress in the 20th century and led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration. ...

of 1906 by requiring that the contents of any food package had to be “''plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count and ingredients''”

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