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On the recordFebruary 15, 1962
Plan and direct national programs for the maintenance of purity and safety in the manufacture and distribution of food, drugs, and biologicals in an emergency.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Executive Order 11001—Assigning Emergency Preparedness Functions to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare

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