Food's timeline

  • USDA

    The United States Department of Agriculture is responsible for developing federal laws related to farming,forestry,rural economic development,and food.
  • 1st Certified Color Regulations

    The 1st Certified Color regulations certifies seven colors for use in processed food and drugs
  • Meat inspection act

    The Meat Inspection Act of 1906 was a piece of U.S. legislation, signed by President Theodore Roosevelt on June 30, 1906, that prohibited the sale of adulterated or misbranded livestock and derived products as food and ensured sanitary slaughtering and processing of livestock.
  • The Pure Food and Drug Act

    The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce.
  • FDA

    The United States Food and Drug Administration is a federal agency of health and human service.
  • Gould amendment

    The Gould Amendment amended a act in 1906 had to be marked with their properties and measurements.
  • McNary-Mapes Amendment

    This amendment made it easier for the Forest service to buy land from willing sellers.It enabled the Secretary of Agriculture to work with state officials to get better forest protection.
  • Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

    The United States Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act is a bunch of laws passed by the congress to oversee the safety of food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics.
  • Delaney Clause

    The Delaney clause was implemented to ban food additives which can cause harm
  • GRAS

    Generally recognized as safe is a United States Food and Drug Administration that a chemical or substance added to food is considered safe by experts.
  • Food additives Amendment

    An Act to protect the public health by amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the use in food of additives
  • Federal Hazardous Substances Labeling Act

    The labeling of common household products that could be dangerous.
  • Color Additives Amendment

    The Color Additive Amendments of 1960 are required that only color additives are listed as suitable and safe.
  • Fair Packaging and Labeling Act

    The FPLA was created to ensure that consumers were given enough information to make the right choice between competing products. It was made to put a end on unfair or deceptive packaging on house hold commodities
  • Saccharin study and labeling act

    Saccharin Study and Labeling Act of 1977 was a United States federal statute enacting requirements for a scientific observation regarding the impurities in, potential toxicity, and problematic carcinogenicity of a non-nutritive sweetener better known as saccharin.The Act codified a warning label requirement advocating the non-nutritive sweetener had been discovered to yield carcinogenicity in laboratory animals.
  • Nutrition Labeling and education act

    This Act Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem a food misbranded unless its label has nutrition information that provides the serving size or other common household unit of measure customarily used;the number of servings or other units per container;the number of calories per serving and derived from total fat and saturated fat;the amount of total fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, total carbohydrates, complex carbohydrates, sugars, total protein.
  • Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act

    Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act that regulates dietary supplements.
  • FDA Mandated HACCP Regulations for Seafood

    The seafood HACCP regulation requires seafood processors to check if they're any food hazards in the food.
  • New food act

    FDA decided to move to a four-year interval between complete Food Code editions. During the interim period between full editions, FDA may publish a Food Code Supplement that updates, modifies, or clarifies certain provisions.
  • Food allergen Labeling and Consumer protection act

    FALCPA will improve food labeling information for the millions of consumers who suffer from food allergies. The Act was especially helpful to children who must learn to recognize the allergens they must avoid.
  • Food safety modernization

    Food Safety Modernization Act Makes sure the U.S food supply is safe by shifting focus on preventing contamination to the food supply