Food Laws Timeline

  • Meat Inpection Act

    prohibits interstate commerce of misbranded and adulterated food, drinks, and drugs
  • Pure Food and Drug Act

    requires inspection of all meat sold across state lines
  • Gould Admendment

    requires accurate labeling of food packages with weight, measure, or numerical count
  • McNary-Mapes Amendment

    expands the 1906 Food and Drug Act to cover cosmetics
  • Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

    broadly spells out the responcabilites of the Secretary and the Commissioner of the FDA for the research , enforcement, education, and information
  • Delaney Clause

    prohibits the use of any additive in food that is found to cause cancer
  • Fair Packaging and Labeling Act

    requires all consumer products in interstate commerce to be honestly and informationally labeled
  • saccharin Study and Labeling Act

    stops FDA from banning a chemical sweetener but requires a warning label on food products containing it
  • Food and Drug Admenistration Act

  • Diatary Supplement Health and Education Act

    defines dietary supplements and places the burden of proof for safety on FDA
  • 1st Certified Color Regulations

    certifies seven colors as acceptable for use in processed foods and drugs