Food Science

FDA Established

Jun 30, 1906

Food and Drug Administration

food, drug, and cosmectic act established

Jun 25, 1938

The United States Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act is a set of laws passed by Congress in 1938 giving authority to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to oversee the safety of food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics

GRAS list published

Dec 9, 1958

The FDA first published a list of these generally recognized as safe (GRAS) substances in the Federal Register of December 9, 1958 . This list came to be called the GRAS list .Jan 4, 2018

USDA Established

May 15, 1962

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Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act Established

Oct 25, 1994

Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to define a "dietary supplement" as a product: (1) other than tobacco, intended to supplement the diet that contains a vitamin, mineral, herb or botanical, dietary substance, or a concentrate, metabolite, constituent, ...