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Prohibits interstate commerce of misbranded and adulterated food, drinks, and drugs.
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Requires all inspection of all meat sold across state lines.
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Broadly spells out the responisbilites of the secretary and the commissioner of the FDA for research, enforcment, education, and information.
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The Food and Drug administration is responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation.
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Certifies seven colors as acceptable for use in processed foods and drugs.
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Requires accurate labeling of food packages with weight, measure, or numeral count.
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Requires all consumer products in interstate commerce to be honestly and informatively labled.
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Expands the 1906 Food and Drug Act to cover cosmetics
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Prohibits the use of any additive in food that is found to cause cancer.
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Requiring the label on a consumer product to state clearly the name of the product, marker or manufactuer, and its quantity.
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Stops FDA from banning a chemical sweetner but reuqires a warning label on food products containing it.
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Food Safety and Inspection Sevice public health agency in the US Departmentof Agriculture responsible for ensuring that the nation's commercial supply of meat, poultry, and dairy products are labeled correctly.
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Defines dietary supplments and places the burden of proof for safety on FDA.
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United States Department of Agriculture is the US federal executive department responsible for developing and executing food processing.