Foods Timeline

  • USDA

    The USDA is answerable for the overseeing farming, ranching, and forestry industries, as well as regulating aspects of food quality & safety and nutrition labeling.
  • 1st Certified Color Regulations Established

    First Certified Color Regulations, requested by manufacturers and users, list seven colors found suitable for use in foods.
  • FDA

    Food and Drug Administration law, or FDA law, is the body of law that administers food, cosmetic and drug manufacturing and sale in the United States.
  • Establishment of the Pure Food and Drug Act

    prohibits the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce
  • Establishment of the meat inspection Act

    rohibited the sale of adulterated or misbranded livestock and derived products as food and ensured sanitary slaughtering and processing of livestock.
  • Gould Amendment

    prohibits the introduction of misbranded and adulterated foods, drinks, and drugs in interstate commerce
  • McNary-Mapes Amendment Established

    authorizes FDA standards of quality and fill-of-container for canned food, excluding meat and milk products.
  • Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

    The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 (APA) is a federal law passed in 1938. The law set quality standards for food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics manufactured and sold in the United States. The law also provided for federal oversight and enforcement of these standards.
  • GRAS

    "GRAS" is an acronym used by federal regulatory agencies to refer to substances that are used as food additives, but are considered to be "Generally Recognized As Safe” when used in accord with good manufacturing practices.
  • Delaney Clause Established

    Requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ban food additives which are found to cause or cause cancer
  • Food Additives Amendment Established

    Congress recognized that many food substances would not require a formal premarket review by FDA to assure their safety
  • Color Additives Amendment

    The Color Additive Amendments of 1960 defined "color additive" and mandatory 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 Act

    gave FDA broad new responsibilities for pro- tection of the public from hazards of a fantas- tically varied assortment of substances through labeling.
  • Fair Packaging and Labeling Act Established

    directs the Federal Trade Commission and the Food and Drug Administration to issue regulations requiring that all consumer commodities
  • Saccharin Study and labeling Act Established

    United States federal statute enacting requirements for a scientific observation regarding the impurities in potential toxicity
  • Nutrition Labeling and Education Act Established

    Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) to deem a food misbranded unless its label bears nutrition information that provides
  • New Food Code

    The Food Code represents best practices regarding safe food storage, handling, and preparation.
  • Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act

    Under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA): Manufacturers and distributors of dietary supplements and dietary ingredients are banned from marketing products that are adulterated or misbranded.Aug 16, 2019
  • FDA Mandated HACCP Regulations for Seafood

    The seafood HACCP regulation depend on seafood processors to identify food safety hazards that are reasonably likely to occur and to develop plans for the control of those hazards. ... Importantly, several of the regulations that FDA has issued under FSMA provide exemptions related to the seafood HACCP regulation.
  • Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act

    requires that the label of a food that contains an ingredient that is or contains protein from a major food allergen
  • Food Safety Modernization

    ensures the U.S. food supply is safe by shifting the focus to preventing contamination of the food supply, rather than responding to it.