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Food Regulations

Food Regulations. History of Food Regulations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZnYr-RmAD4 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act and the Federal Meat Inspection Act Reaction in large part to The Jungle , by Upton Sinclair

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Food Regulations

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  1. Food Regulations

  2. History of Food Regulations • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZnYr-RmAD4 • 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act and the Federal Meat Inspection Act • Reaction in large part to The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair • Under the Meat Inspection Act government inspectors must be present at all times, other food businesses are subject only to periodic inspections • The Food and Drug act prohibited the use of poisonous or deleterious colors in confectionery and the coloring of food to hide inferior or defective food • Weaknesses of the Pure Food and Drug Act • Lack of legal standards (descriptions) of foods • Lack of authority to inspect food and drug warehouses • Inability to restrict the interstate shipment of a food that naturally contained poison • Lack of jurisdiction over false or misleading claims made on food • Failure to address pesticide residues in food • Lack of mandatory premarket drug testing

  3. History of Food Regulations • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y-VeZ2YPYI • June 25, 1938 the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic act is signed • This is the primary law (with several hundred amendments) that regulates the US food supply • Regulates packaged and processed food products subject to import or interstate commerce • Several thousand employees including researchers, inspectors, and legal staff in approximately 150 US cities • Food Modernization Act • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_LSrgbXA_w

  4. Government Agencies • FDA • Public Health Agency • Inspects food, cosmetics, medicines and medical devices, radiation emitting devices, animal feed, and drigs • USDA • Inspection of meat, poultry, and agricultural products including milk, eggs, as well as fruit and vegetables • Inspects processing plants • Inspections including bacterial counts is mandatory • Grading service is voluntary and paid for by the manufacturer • Also has a Food and Consumer Service that administers food assistance

  5. Labeling • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJhZWXAndko • General Labeling requirements • Name of product; name and place of business • Net weight – Ounces, or pounds and ounces • Ingredients – Listed by weight in descending order • Product Date, expiration date, best-if-used-by date, pack date, pull date • Nutrition information • Nutrient content claims substantiated • Health claims used only as allowed • Other information (religious symbols, safe handling instructions, special warning labels, Product code or UPC)

  6. Labeling

  7. Labeling • Do you ever feel like this?

  8. Labeling • What do these claims mean to you?

  9. What do you think? • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wjAm5cFL7w • http://www.arcticapples.com/

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