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Pure Food and Drug Act
Series of significant consumer protection laws enacted by the federal government and led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration. Main purpose was to ban foreign and interstate traffic in adultered and mislabled food and drug products -
Food and Drug Administration
Food and Drugs Act is passed by Congress and signed by President Theodore Roosevelt. It prohibits interstate commerce in misbranded and adulterated foods, drinks and drugs. -
Meat Inspection Act
The Federal Meat Inspection Act is a United States Congress Act that works to prevent adulterated or misbranded meat and meat products from being sold as food and to ensure that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions. -
1st Certified Color Regulations
requredto list seven colors found suitable for use in foods. -
Gould Amendment
the Gould Amendment, which requires that contents be plainly marked on the outside of the food package, was added to the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act. A pivotal ruling on the use of a substance in food came in 1914, when the government had to show a relationship between a chemical additive and the harm it allegedly caused in humans. -
McNary - Mapes Amendment
authorized FDA standards of quaity and fill-of-container for canned foods , excuding meat and milk products -
Food,Drug ,and Cosmetic Act
The United States Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act was a set of laws passed by Congress in 1938 giving authority to the U.S. Food and Drug Administratio to oversee the safety of food, drugs, and cosmetics. -
Fair packaging and Labeling Act
Reuired labels on food products to state the identity of the product ,name and place of the business manufacturer , and net quantity of contents -
Sacchain Study and Labeling Act
Saccharin Study and Labeling Act of 1977 or Saccharin Study, Labeling and Advertising Act 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. -
Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act
The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994, is a statute of United States Federal legislation which defines and regulates dietary supplements