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Pure Food and Drug Act
Prohibits interstate commerce of misbranded and adulterated food, drinks, and drugs. -
Meat Inpection Act
Requires all inspection of all meat sold across state lines. -
Food and Drug Administration Act
Broadly spells out the responisbilites of the secretary and the commissioner of the FDA for research, enforcment, education, and information. -
FDA
The Food and Drug administration is responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation. -
1st Certified Color Regulations
Certifies seven colors as acceptable for use in processed foods and drugs. -
Gould Amendement
Requires accurate labeling of food packages with weight, measure, or numeral count. -
McNary-Mapes Amendment
Requires all consumer products in interstate commerce to be honestly and informatively labled. -
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
Expands the 1906 Food and Drug Act to cover cosmetics -
Delaney Clause
Prohibits the use of any additive in food that is found to cause cancer. -
Fair Packaging and labeling Act
Requiring the label on a consumer product to state clearly the name of the product, marker or manufactuer, and its quantity. -
Saccharin Study and Labeling Act
Stops FDA from banning a chemical sweetner but reuqires a warning label on food products containing it. -
FSIS
Food Safety and Inspection Sevice public health agency in the US Departmentof Agriculture responsible for ensuring that the nation's commercial supply of meat, poultry, and dairy products are labeled correctly. -
Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act
Defines dietary supplments and places the burden of proof for safety on FDA. -
USDA
United States Department of Agriculture is the US federal executive department responsible for developing and executing food processing.