Food timeline

By SaadPatrick
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    Food and Drugs Timespan

  • Pure Food and Drug Act

    Prohibits interstate commercew of misbranded and adulerated food,drinks and drugs

  • Meat inspection Act

    Requires inspection of all meats stored across state lines

  • 1st certified color regulations

    Certifies seven colors as acceptable for use in processed foods and drugs.

  • Gould Amendment

    Requires accurate labeling of food packages with weight, measure or numerical count

  • McNary-Mapes Amendment

    Authorized FDA hygiene standards for foods in containers

  • Food and Drug administration Act

    Spells out responsibilities of the secretary and commisioner of the FDA fopr research, enforcement, education and information

  • Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act

    Expands the 1906 Food and Drug Act to cover cosmetics

  • Delaney Clause

    Prohibits the use of any additive in food to cause cancer

  • Fair packaging and label act

    requires all consumer products to be honestly and informatively labeled

  • saccharin study and labeling act

    stops FDA from banning a chemical sweetner but requires a warning lable on food products containing it

  • Dietary supplement health and education act

    defines dietary supplements and places the burden of proof for safetly on FDA