☞Today in History -- On today’s date 164 years ago, Saturday, October 30, 1858, the infamous Bradford Sweets Poisoning occurred at the City of Bradford, England.
☞Today in History -- On today’s date 164 years ago, Saturday, October 30, 1858, the infamous Bradford Sweets Poisoning occurred at the City of Bradford, England. ☞The Bradford Sweets Poisoning was the arsenic poisoning of more than 200 people in Bradford, England, when sweets (candy) accidentally adulterated with arsenic trioxide were sold from a market stall. Twenty-one unsuspecting victims died as a result. The event contributed to the passage of the Pharmacy Act 1868 in the United Kingdom & legislation regulating the adulteration of foodstuffs. ☞Similar laws regulating the adulteration of foodstuffs in the United States were not in place until 1906 when the Pure Food & Drug Act was signed into law by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1858-1919). ☞The photograph depicts an illustration entitled “The Great Lozenge-Maker. A Hint to Paterfamilias” by noted English caricaturist & illustrator John Leech (1817-1864), which was first published on November 20,...