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The USDA was established to provide leadership on food, agriculture, nutrition, natural resources, and the best available science and efficient management.
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Was enacted 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.
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Prohibits sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce.
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The FDA was established to protect the health of the public and to ensure the quality of the food, medicine, and cosmetics
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These color additive regulations identify each listed color additive, provide chemical specifications and identify uses and restrictions, labeling requirements and the requirement for certification.
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Requires that contents be plainly marked on the outside of the food package.
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Authorizes FDA standards of quality and fill-of-container for canned food, excluding meat and milk products.
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set of laws giving authority to the US Food and Drug Administration to oversee the safety of food, drugs, and medical devices and cosmetics.
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The amendment prohibits the FDA from approving the use of any food additive found to cause cancer in animals or humans.
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Any substance intentionally added to food is a food additive and is subject to pre-market approval by FDA unless the use of the substance is generally recognized as safe
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GRAS is a FDA designation that a chemical or substance added to food is considered safe by experts under conditions of its intended use.
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Requires that only color additives listed as "sustainable and safe" for a given use could be used in foods, drugs, cosmetics, and medical services.
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Requires precautionary labeling on the immediate container of hazardous household products to help consumers safely store and use those products and to give them information about immediate first aid steps to take if an accident happens.
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directs the Federal Trade Commission and the Food and Drug Administration to issue regulations requiring that all "consumer commodities" be labeled to disclose net contents, identity of commodity
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Enacts requirements for a scientific observation regarding the impurities in, potential toxicity, and problematic carcinogenicity of a non-nutritive sweetener better known as saccharin.
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Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) to deem a food misbranded unless its label bears nutrition information that provides: (1) the serving size or other common household unit of measure customarily used; (2) the number of servings.
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defines and regulates dietary supplements
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requires that all shore side businesses that handle seafood after it is landed by fishing vessels until it reaches retail stores or restaurants to identify any food safety hazards that are likely to occur
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Requires all the food labels in the United States to list ingredients that may cause allergic reactions.
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Improving Capacity to Prevent Food Safety Problems - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to expand the food safety activities of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), including to authorize the Secretary to inspect records related to food.
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A model for safeguarding public health and ensuring food is unadulterated and honestly presented when offered to the consumer.