Foods timeline

  • USDA Established

    USDA is an federal agency that provides programs and and implements policies and regulations related to farming,ranching , food equality , and nutrition.
  • FDA Established

    FDA is responsible for protecting the public health by ensuring the safety ,and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products.
  • Establishment of the Meat Inspection Act

    A law that prohibited the sale of adulterated or misbranded livestock and derived products as food and ensured that livestock were slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions.
  • Establishment of the Pure Food and Drug Act

    The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 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).
  • Gould Amendment established

    which requires that contents be plainly marked on the outside of the food package,
  • McNary- Mapes Amendment established

    McNary-Mapes Amendment authorizes FDA standards of quality and fill-of-container for canned food, excluding meat and milk products.
  • Food, Drug, and Cometic Act Established

    It 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.
  • 1st Certified color regulations established

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

    an FDA designation for individual chemicals or substances added to food products that experts deem safe.
  • Delaney cause 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.
  • 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.
  • Color Additives Amendment Established

    Only colors listed as" suitable and safe " for a given use could be used in foods, drugs, cosmetics, and medical devices.
  • Federal hazardous substances labeling act

    requires precautionary labeling on the immediate container of hazardous household products to help consumers safely store and use those products and to give them information about immediate first aid steps to take if an accident happens.
  • Fair packaging and labeling act established

    to ensure that consumers have the information they need to choose wisely among competing products.
  • Saccharin study and labeling act established

    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 act established

    provides FDA with specific authority to require nutrition labeling of most foods regulated by the Agency; and to require that all nutrient content claims (i.e., 'high fiber', 'low fat', etc.) and health claims be consistent with agency regulations.
  • New food code

    The Food Code is guidance representing FDA's current thinking and is a model on safeguarding public health and ensuring food is unadulterated and honestly presented when offered to the consumer.
  • Dietary supplement health and education act

    To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish standards with respect to dietary supplements, and for other purposes.
  • FDA mandated HACCP regulations for seafood

    Procedures for the Safe and Sanitary Processing and Importing of Fish and Fishery Products" that requires processors of fish and fishery products to develop and implement Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point .
  • Food allergen labeling and consumer protection act

    is an amendment to the Federal 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.
  • Food safety modernization

    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.