foods timeline

  • USDA established

    called people's department;responsible for developing and executing federal laws involving farming, forestry, etc.
  • FDA established

    human health and human services agency
  • PFDA established

    established to regulate food and drugs
  • establishment of the meat inspection act

    prohibited sale of adulterated or misbranded livestock and derived products as food and slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions
  • 1st certified color regulations established

    regulation to prevent use of substance for anything other than coloring
  • gould amendment established

    requires contents to be plainly marked outside of food package
  • McNary-mapes amendment established

    authorizes fda standards of quality and fill of container for canned food except dairy or milk products
  • food drug and cosmetic act established

    cosmetics and medical devices to be labeled with adequate directions for safe use
  • GRAS list published

    list of generally recognized as safe substances
  • delaney clause established

    requires fda to ban food additives which are found to induce cancer
  • food additives amendment established

    doesn't require a formal premarket review by fda if safety had long been established or other things
  • color additives amendment

    only certain color additives to be used in products listed as safe/suitable
  • federal hazardous substances labeling act

    required to label hazardous substances for protection of the public
  • fair packaging and labeling act established

    directs ftc/ fda to issue regulations about labeling/packaging
  • saccharin study and labeling act established

    required observation of impurities
  • nutrition labeling and education act established

    amends fdca to consider a food misbranded unless its label has serving size and servings per unit
  • new food code established

    best food practices such as food storage, handling, and preparation
  • dietary supplement health and education act

    manufacturers of dietary supplements/ingredients prohibited from marketing adulterated/misbranded products
  • fda mandated haccp regulations for seafood

    requires seafood to develop/implement haccp
  • food allergen labeling and consumer protection act

    requires food label in us to list ingredients that may cause allergic reactions
  • food safety modernization

    gave fda authority of how food was grown, harvested and processed