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USDA
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is a cabinet-level agency that oversees the American farming industry. USDA duties range from helping farmers with price support subsidies, to inspecting food to ensure the safety of the American public. -
FDA
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. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
It prohibits interstate commerce in misbranded and adulterated foods, drinks and drugs. -
Meat Inspection Act
Prevent adulterated or misbranded meat and meat products from being sold as food and to ensure that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions. -
1st Certified Color Regulations
Lists seven colors suitable for foods. -
Gould Amendment
Requires that food packaging be "plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count." -
McNary-Mapes Amendment
authorizes FDA standards of quality and fill-of-container for canned food, excluding meat and milk products. -
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
Extending control to cosmetics and therapeutic devices. -
Delaney Clause
Starts congressional investigation of the safety of chemicals in foods and cosmetics -
Fair Packaging and Labeling Act
Requires all consumer products in interstate commerce to be honestly and informatively labeled -
FSIS
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is the public health regulatory agency responsible for ensuring that that United States' commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg products is safe, wholesome, and correctly labeled and packaged. -
Saccharin Study and Labeling Act
To stop FDA from banning the chemical sweetener but requiring a label warning that it has been found to cause cancer -
Food and Drug Administration
Officially establishes FDA as an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. -
Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act
establishes specific labeling requirements to promulgate good manufacturing practice regulations for dietary supplements.