Food laws and regulations

What has the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms recently required to be listed on the labels of alcoholic beverages?

A health warning

Distinguish between a law and a regulation.

A law is made by legislators or elected officials. A regulation is made by government officials.

What term describes a compound added to a food to achieve a technical effect during processing, shipping or storage, that is later removed or reduced to an insignificant level?

A processing aid

What distinguishes a regulation from a law?

A regulation is an interpretation of a law by government officials

Which U.S. president signed the legislation establishing the U.S. Department of Agriculture and in what year?

Abraham Lincoln in 1862

What president signed into existence the Land Grant College System?

Abraham Lincoln in 1862

What is the maximum acceptable dose of a chemical substance that a person can consume daily over a lifetime without an appreciable health risk?

Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI)

According to Codex Alimentarius, what is the difference between extra virgin olive oil and virgin olive oil?

According to the Codex Alimentarius, extra virgin olive oil has a free acidity of no more than 0.8% (expressed as oleic acid), while virgin olive oil has a free acidity of no more than 2.0%

What is the act of intentionally debasing the quality of food offered for sale, either from the addition or substitution that is either from addition or substitution of inferior substances or by the removal of some valuable ingredient?

Adulteration

What is adulteration?

Adulteration means the food in question has failed to meet industry or FDA or USDA health and safety standards

What does AMS (in USDA) stand for?

Agricultural Marketing Service

What agency regulates the production, labeling, and sale of Lite Beer?

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB)

Which federal agency has jurisdiction for regulating alcoholic beverages?

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

According to the original Pure Food Law of 1906, what two things were required to be on a food package label?

Alcohol content and Narcotic content

What does the legal term " defect action level "refer to?

Allowable limits for the presence of filth in foods

What is the name of FD&C Red No.40?

Allura Red

What does APHA stand for?

American Public Health Association

According to the U.S. government, food irradiation is regulated as which: a process, an additive, or a unit operation?

An additive

What does APHIS stand for?

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

The Delaney Clause is exempted for animal drugs in what specific type of food?

Animal feed