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Food Laws

  • Meat Inspection Act

    Requires all inspection of all meat sold across state lines.
  • Pure Food and Drug Act

    Prohibits interstate commerce of misbranded and adulterated food, drinks, and drugs.
  • Gould Amendement

    Requires accurate labeling of food packages with weight, measure, or numeral count.
  • McNary-Mapes Amendment

    Requires all consumer products in interstate commerce to be honestly and informatively labled.
  • Delaney Clause

    Prohibits the use of any additive in food that is found to cause cancer.
  • 1st Certified Color Regulations

    Certifies seven colors as acceptable for use in processed foods and drugs.
  • Saccharin Study and Labeling Act

    Stops FDA from banning a chemical sweetner but reuqires a warning label on food products containing it.
  • Food and Drug Administration Act

    Broadly spells out the responisbilites of the secretary and the commissioner of the FDA for research, enforcment, education, and information.
  • Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act

    Defines dietary supplments and places the burden of proof for safety on FDA.
  • Fair Packaging and labeling Act

    Requiring the label on a consumer product to state clearly the name of the product, marker or manufactuer, and its quantity.
  • Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

    Expands the 1906 Food and Drug Act to cover cosmetics