Johnny De Silver FDA: Reflections of a Candy Cop

From September 1960 to late June 1964, the author was an investigator for the US Food and Drug Administration, at that time a division of The Department of Health, Education and Welfare. He carried shield number 768.

He worked out of the Baltimore District housed in the US Appraisers Stores located at the corner of Gay and Lombard Streets just up from the harbor; his territory included the states of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and the eastern half of North Carolina.

His work was seldom routine or humdrum. His assignments included inspections of food, drug and cosmetic producers, investigations of white-collar violations of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, and even undercover investigations in a pilot program that became The Bureau of Drug Abuse Control. No two of his assignments were ever the same. The most note-worthy are included this book.