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The United States Department of Agriculture, also known as the Agriculture Department, is the federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, forestry, rural economic development, and food
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The United States Food and Drug Administration is a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services
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Since 1879, nearly 100 bills had been introduced in Congress to regulate food and drugs; on 30 June 1906 President Roosevelt signed the Food and Drugs Act, known simply as the Wiley Act, a pillar of the Progressive era.
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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
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- First Certified Color Regulations, requested by manufacturers and users, list seven colors found suitable for use in foods.
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In 1913, the Gould Amendment, which requires that contents be plainly marked on the outside of the food package, was added to the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act.
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- McNary-Mapes Amendment authorizes FDA standards of quality and fill-of-container for canned food, excluding meat and milk products. The name of the Food, Drug, and Insecticide Administration is shortened to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under an agricultural appropriations act.
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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 .
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The Food Additives Amendment of 1958 is a 1958 amendment to the United States' Food, Drugs, and Cosmetic Act of 1938.
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The Delaney Clause has been part of the US Food, Drug and Cosmetic laws since it was enacted by the Congress in 1958. It states that 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.
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Under the 1958 Food Additives Amendment to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, any substance intentionally added to food is a food additive and is subject to pre-market approval by FDA unless the use of the substance
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THE FEDERAL Hazardous Substances La- beling Act (FHSLA) was passed in July 1960 and assigned to the Food and Drug Administra- tion (FDA) for enforcement. This statute gave FDA broad new responsibilities for pro- tection of the public from hazards of a fantas- tically varied assortment of substances through labeling
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The Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (FPLA or Act), enacted in 1967, directs the Federal Trade Commission and the Food and Drug Administration to issue regulations requiring that all "consumer commodities" be labeled to disclose net contents, identity of commodity, and name and place of business of the product's ..
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The enactment of the 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act tightened controls over drugs and food, included new consumer protection against unlawful cosmetics and medical devices, and enhanced the government's ability to enforce the law. This law, as amended, is still in force today.Mar
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Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 101st Congress (1989-1990)
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Under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA): Manufacturers and distributors of dietary supplements and dietary ingredients are prohibited from marketing products that are adulterated or misbranded.A
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Saccharin Study and Labeling Act of 1977 or Saccharin Study, 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.
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Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004 (FALCPA) | FDA
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The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was the most sweeping reform of our food safety laws in more than 70 years. It was signed into law by President Obama on January 4, 2011
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The 2017 Food Code is the most recent full edition published by FDA. The Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) reported in June 2005, that 48 of 56 States and territories have adopted food codes patterned after one of the five versions of the Food Code, beginning with the 1993 edition.
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Fish and Fishery Products Hazards and Controls Guidance - Fourth Edition August 2019.
Guidance for Industry: Seafood HACCP and the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act August 2017.
Seafood HACCP Transition Guidance December 1999.