Foods Timeline Assignment

  • USDA

    The United States Department of Agriculture is responsible for overseeing farming, forestry industries, along with food and rural economic development.
  • FDA

    Responsible for the safety and security of most of the nations food supply
  • The Pure Food and Drug Act

    The establishment of this act prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce.
  • The Meat Inspection Act

    Act that prohibited the sale of misbranded livestock and derived products as food, and ensuring sanitary processing of livestock.
  • 1st Certified Color Regulations

    Act that provides that a substance that imparts color is a color additive and is subject to premarket approval requirements unless substance is used for something else.
  • Gould Amendment

    Amendment requires contents of food be visibly marked on the outside of the food package.
  • McNary-Mapes Amendment

    The amendment authorizes FDA standards of quality and fill-of-container for canned food except for dairy or meat products
  • Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

    The act tightens the control over food and drugs and brought cosmetics and medical devices under control
  • GRAS List

    Generally recognized as safe is stating that a chemical or substance added to food is considered safe by experts
  • Delaney Clause

    The act prohibits the addition to the human food supply of any chemical that had caused cancer in humans or animals
  • Food Additives Amendment

    Amendment to protect the publica healths by prohibiting the use in food of additives which have not been tested to establish their safety.
  • Federal Hazardous Substances Labeling Act

    The act requires a label on immediate container of hazardous household products as a precaution.
  • Color additives amendment

    The amendment states that only color additive listed as suitable and safe for a given use could be used in foods, drugs, etc.
  • Fair packaging and Labeling Act

    Act that requires labels to state the identity of the product, the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor and net quantity of contents
  • Saccharin study and labeling act

    The United States federal statute enacting requirements for a scientific observation regarding the impurities of potential toxicity and other problems
  • Nutrition Labeling and Education Act

    The act requires to deem a food misbranded unless its label bears nutrition information that provides serving size, amount of total fat, number of calories etc.
  • New food code

    The new food code 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

    Act prohibits manufacturers and distributors from marketing misbranded or adulterated products.
  • FDA mandated HACCP regulations for seafood

    Seafood processors are required to identify food safety hazards that are likely to happen and to develop plans for the control of those hazards.
  • Food allergen labeling and consumer protection act

    Act that requires all food labels in the United States to list ingredients that may cause allergic reactions
  • Food safety modernization

    Act that ensures the U.S. food supply is safe by shifting the focus to preventing contamination of the food supply.