food timeline

  • usda established

    President Abraham Lincoln signed legislation to establish the United States Department of Agriculture and two and a half years later in his final message to Congress, Lincoln called USDA "The People's Department.
  • establishment of the meat inspection act

    prohibited the sale of adulterated or misbranded livestock and derived products as food and ensured that livestock were slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions.
  • fda established

    The United States Food and Drug Administration is a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services.
  • establishment of the pure food and drug act

    prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce
  • 1st certified color regulations

    requested by manufacturers and users, list seven colors found suitable for use in foods.
  • gould amendment

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

    authorizes FDA standards of quality and fill-of-container for canned food
  • food, drug, and cosmetic act

    The enactment of the 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act tightened controls over drugs and food
  • food additives amendment established

    An Act to protect the public health by amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the use in food of additives which have not been adequately tested to establish their safety.
  • gras list published

    The FDA first published a list of these generally recognized as safe (GRAS) substances in the Federal Register. This list came to be called the GRAS list
  • delaney clause established

    requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ban food additives which are found to cause or induce cancer in humans or animals as indicated by testing.
  • federal hazardous substances labeling act

    pertains to labeling common household products or products that could otherwise be brought in or around a residence due to purchase, storage, or use.
  • color additives amendment established

    the Color Additive Amendments of 1960 defined "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.
  • fair packaging and labeling act

    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
  • saccharin study and labeling act established

    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 act

    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 act

    Manufacturers and distributors of dietary supplements and dietary ingredients are prohibited from marketing products that are adulterated or misbranded.
  • fda mandated HACCP regulations for seafood

    The seafood HACCP regulation requires seafood processors 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 consumer protection act

    improve food labeling information for the millions of consumers who suffer from food allergies.
  • new food code

    the food The Food Code is guidance representing FDA's current thinking
  • food safety modernization

    ensure the U.S. food supply is safe by shifting the focus to preventing contamination of the food supply