Food Law Timeline

  • 1st Certified Color Regulations

    Certifies seven colors to be allowed to be processed in foods and drugs
  • USDA Establishment

    Increase federal funding for agricultural activities and to protect public health and conserve environmental resources
  • FDA Establishment

    The purpose of the FDA is to keep the human food from eterinary drugs, biological products, medical deviceand more.
  • Meat Inspection Act

    Requires inspection of all meat sold across starte lines
  • Pure Food And Drug Act

    Prohibits interstarted ommerce of misbranded adulterated food drinks and drugs
  • Gould Amendment

    requires correct labeling of pacged food with weight measure or numerical count
  • McNary-Mapes Amendment

    allows FDA standards of quality and fill-of-container for canned food, excluding meat and milk products.
  • Food,Durg and Cosmetic Act

    expands the 1906 food and drug act to cover cosmetics
  • Delaney Clause

    Prohibits aditives in food that is found cause to cause cancer
  • Fair Packing and Labling act

    Requires all consumer products in interstae sommerce to be honsdty and informatively labled
  • Sccharin Sudy Ad Lbeling Act

    Stops FDA from banning a chemical swweeyener but requires a warning label
  • Food Safety and Inspection Service

    public health agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture responsible for ensuring commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg products is safe
  • Dietary Supplement Health and Education act

    Defines dietary supplements and places the burden of proof for sefety on FDA