food timeline

  • USDA

    establish the united states department of agriculture , through our work , agriculture , economic development , science , natural resource .
  • FDA

    can trace its origins back to the creation of the agriculture division
  • established of the pure food and drug act

    prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce and laid a foundation for the nation's first consumer protection agency, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
  • established of the meat inspection

    that prohibited the sale of adulterated or misbranded livestock and derived products as food and ensured sanitary slaughtering and processing of livestock.
  • gould

    which requires that contents be plainly marked on the outside of the food package
  • mcnary mapes

    authorizes FDA standards of quality and fill-of-container for canned food, excluding meat and milk products.
  • food , drug and cosmetic act

    tightened controls over drugs and food
  • GRAS list

    general recognized as safe substance
  • delaney clauses

    no cancer-causing agent, as demonstrated in humans or animals, shall be deliberately added to, or found as a contaminant in food. The FDA was charged with enforcing this Clause
  • food additives

    amendment to the United States' Food, Drugs, and Cosmetic Act of 1938. ... The Delaney clause was a provision in the amendment which said that if a substance were found to cause cancer in man or animal, then it could not be used as a food additive
  • color additives amendment

    color additive" and required that only color additives (except coal-tar hair dyes) listed as "suitable and safe" for a given use could be used in foods, drugs, cosmetics, and medical devices
  • 1st certified color regulations established

    color additive" and required that only color additives (except coal-tar hair dyes) listed as "suitable and safe" for a given use could be used in foods, drugs, cosmetics, and medical devices.
  • federal hazardous substances labeling

    to labeling common household products or products that could otherwise be brought in or around a residence due to purchase, storage, or use.
  • fair packaging and labeling

    The FPLA is designed to facilitate value comparisons and to prevent unfair or deceptive packaging and labeling of many household "consumer ...
  • saccharin study and labeling act

    Labeling and Advertising Act 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
  • nutrition labeling and education

    Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) to deem a food misbranded unless its label bears nutrition information that provides:
  • dietary supplement health and education

    to prohibit dietary supplement manufacturers and distributors from making false claims
  • FDA mandated haccp regulations for seafood

    to identify food safety hazards that are reasonably likely to occur and to develop plans for the control of those hazards.
  • food allergen labeling and customer protection act

    Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and requires that the label of a food that contains an ingredient that is or contains protein from a "major food allergen " declare the presence of the allergen in the manner described by the law.
  • new food code

    ood Code was the first full edition published on the new four-year interval, and it was followed by the Supplement to the 2005
  • food safety modernization

    FSMA aims to ensure the U.S. food supply is safe by shifting the focus to preventing contamination of the food supply, rather than responding to it. The law applies to human food as well as to food for animals, including pets