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  2. Category:Flora of Rajasthan - Wikipedia

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    This category includes the native flora of Rajasthan state, located in northern India. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if ...

  3. Pure Food and Drug Act - Wikipedia

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    The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was a key piece of Progressive Era legislation, signed by President Theodore Roosevelt on the same day as the Federal Meat Inspection Act. Enforcement of the Pure Food and Drug Act was assigned to the Bureau of Chemistry in the U.S. Department of Agriculture which was renamed the U.S. Food and Drug ...

  4. Category:Biota of Rajasthan - Wikipedia

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    The Flora and fauna of Rajasthan state, in northwestern India. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. F. Fauna of Rajasthan ...

  5. Early history of food regulation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The history of early food regulation in the United States started with the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act, when the United States federal government began to intervene in the food and drug businesses. When that bill proved ineffective, the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt revised it into the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of ...

  6. Progressive Era - Wikipedia

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    At the state and national levels new food and drug laws strengthened urban efforts to guarantee the safety of the food system. The 1906 federal Pure Food and Drug Act, which was pushed by drug companies and providers of medical services, removed from the market patent medicines that had never been scientifically tested. [128]

  7. List of endemic and threatened plants of India - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of plants from India that have been considered rare, threatened, endangered, or extinct by the IUCN or the Botanical Survey of India.Some of the regions mentioned may refer to old and outdated state or regional boundaries and may need to be interpreted with caution.

  8. Indian natural history - Wikipedia

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    Most seeds found in the dwellings of some western Indian sites are of wild plants now extinct in the region. [3] The fauna and flora of those times are richly represented in the clay pottery and tablets excavated from these sites. Clay tablets document many species of now locally extinct wildlife including rhinoceros and elephant.

  9. James Wilson (Secretary of Agriculture) - Wikipedia

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    On the other hand, Wilson spent most of his long tenure attempting to limit the regulatory impact of the pure food movement, which had led to Congress's adoption of the Food and Drugs Act of 1906. Frequently siding with incumbent business interests, Wilson consistently worked against issues pursued by his striving chief chemist, Harvey Wiley ...