Foods Timeline

  • USDA

    The United States Department of Agriculture is responsible for developing federal laws related to farming,forestry,rural economic development,and food.
  • FDA

    The United States Food and Drug Administration is a federal agency of health and human service.
  • 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.
  • Meat Inspection Act

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

    The Gould Amendment amended a act in 1906 had to be marked with their properties and measurements.
  • McNary-Mapes Amendment

    This amendment made it easier for the Forest service to buy land from willing sellers.It enabled the Secretary of Agriculture to work with state officials to get better forest protection.
  • Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

    The United States Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act is a bunch of laws passed by the congress to oversee the safety of food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics.
  • GRAS

    Generally recognized as safe is a United States Food and Drug Administration that a chemical or substance added to food is considered safe by experts.
  • Delaney Clause

    The Delaney clause was implemented to ban food additives which can cause harm.
  • Food additives Amendment

    An Act to protect the public health by amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the use in food of additives
  • Fair Packaging and Labeling Act

    The Fair Packaging and Labeling Act is a U.S. law that applies to labels on many consumer products. It requires the label to state:
  • Color Additives Amendment

    The Color Additive Amendments of 1960 are required that only color additives are listed as suitable and safe.
  • Federal Hazardous Substances Labeling Act

    The labeling of common household products that could be dangerous.
  • 1st certified color regulations

    The Color Additive Amendments of 1960 defined "color additive" and required that only color additives that are safe.
  • Saccharin Study and Labeling Act

    Saccharin Study and Labeling Act of 1977 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.The Act codified a warning label requirement advocating the non-nutritive sweetener had been discovered to yield carcinogenicity in laboratory animals.
  • Nutrition Labeling and education act

    This Act Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem a food misbranded unless its label has nutrition information that provides the serving size or other common household unit of measure customarily used;the number of servings or other units per container;the number of calories per serving and derived from total fat and saturated fat;the amount of total fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, total carbohydrates, complex carbohydrates, sugars, total protein.
  • Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act

    The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act that regulates dietary supplements.
  • FDA Mandated HACCP Regulations for Seafood

    The seafood HACCP regulation requires seafood processors to check if they're any food hazards in the food.
  • New food act

    FDA decided to move to a four-year interval between complete Food Code editions. During the interim period between full editions, FDA may publish a Food Code Supplement that updates, modifies, or clarifies certain provisions.
  • Food allergen Labeling and Consumer protection act

    FALCPA will improve food labeling information for the millions of consumers who suffer from food allergies. The Act was especially helpful to children who must learn to recognize the allergens they must avoid.
  • Food Safety Modernization Act

    Makes sure the U.S food supply is safe by shifting focus on preventing contamination to the food supply