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The USDA ensures that the U.S' commercial food supply is safe and correctly labeled and packaged. It also oversees the ranching, farming, and forestry industries.
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- The FDA protects the public health by ensuring that drugs, biological products, and medical devices are safe, secure, and efficient. It also ensures the safety of the U.S. nation's food supply, cosmetics, and products.
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Misbranded or adulterated food or drugs are prohibited from selling to consumers. Laid the foundation for the FDA.
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It's illegal to adulterate or misbrand meat and its products for sale. Meat must also go through sanitary slaughtering and procession.
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The use of harmful colors to be added to food are banned. Only 7 colors can be used in the food.
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Any food package must be clearly labeled on the outside with their weight, measure, or numerical count and ingredients.
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Authorization that allows FDA standards of quality and fill-of-container to be placed on canned foods, except for milk and meat products.
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Food, drugs, and cosmetics are under strict control to keep them safe for consumers.
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A designation that chemicals or substances that are deemed safe by experts can be added to the food. An ingredient in the designation list can be added without going through a process for FDA approval.
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Food additives that cause or inflict cancer on humans or animals needs to be banned.
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Additives can be added to food as long as it has FDA approval. If not, tests must be taken to prove an additive's safety.
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Color additives can be added to foods, drugs, cosmetics, and medical devices as long as they're safe.
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Common household products must have warning labels if its contents can cause harm, illness, or injury.
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Consumer products must be labeled with the identify of the product, the name and business location of the manufacturer,packer, or distributor; and the contents' net quantity.
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There was a study of the non-nutritive sweetener, saccharin, to see if it had impurities, toxicity, and carcinogenicity.
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A food is misbranded until it's labeled with nutritional facts, including the serving size and the number of servings, calories, fats, and other information.
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Manufacturers and distributors of dietary suppliments and ingredients aren't allowed to market misbranded or adulterated products.
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Regulations that identify seafood safety hazards to then develop plans to control those hazards.
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Food must be label with the ingredient or nutrient of a major food allergen to protect those people with that certain allergen.
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Foods that are grown, harvested, and processed are regulated to prevent contaminating the food supply.
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It's guidance for food service operations or other related operations to prevent food-borne illness or injury.