Food laws and regulations

What is defined as any substance or agent present in food in an amount that renders the food unacceptable or potentially harmful to consumers?

Contaminant or adulterant

The abbreviation CAST stands for ______. What is this organization composed of?

Council for Agricultural Science and Technology. It is a consortium of 38 professional societies in food and agricultural science (including IFT, AACC, ADSA)

What does CGMP stand for wrt food safety?

Current Good Manufacturing Practice

A GRAS listed ingredient in widespread use was banned by HEW Secretary Finch causing an abrupt end to the use of this compound in foods. Name the compound and the year.

Cyclamate, 1969

The Food and Drug Administration is attempting to overcome the dictate of zero tolerance given by the Delaney clause by applying the legal principle given what latin name?

de minimus

What is the term the FDA uses to describe the maximum amount or natural or unavoidable decfects in a products?

Defect action levels

Where does one find the defect action levels for foods?

Defect Levels Handbook.

What was the purpose of Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906?

Defined and set regulations of adulterated and misbranded foods.

What is the purpose of Color Additive Amendment of 1960?

Defines color additives, sets rules for certified and uncertified colors, provides for the approval of colors that are exempt from certification and allows the FDA to list color additives for specific uses and set quantity limitations. Also contains a Delaney Clause.

What is the name of the 1958 amendment to the "Pure Food and Drug Act" states that any substance causing cancer in human beings or animals at any level of use cannot be added to food?

Delaney Amendment

What is the common name given to the statement which bans food additives which are shown to be carcinogenic?

Delaney Clause

In July 1992, the U.S 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the negligible risk (de minimus) policy used by the EPA to regulate pesticide use on foods violated what legislation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)?

Delaney Clause

What Congressional law provides that no food additive may be considered safe if it proves to cause cancer when ingested, at any level, by man or by animals?

Delaney Clause

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Seafood Inspection Program insures the safety and quality of seafood consumed in the US. This agency can be found in what government department?

Department of Commerce

What does DHHS stand for?

Department of Health and Human Services

What cabinet-level department is the FDA a part of?

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

According to the NLEA, what health claim can be made regarding dietary fat?

Dietary fat and cancer

According to the NLEA, what health claim can be made regarding dietary saturated fat and cholesterol?

Dietary saturated fat/cholesterol and coronary heart disease

Which year was DSHEA enacted and what does it stand for?

Dietary Supplements Health and Education Act, 1994

Who was the USDA chief chemist who crusaded for federal efforts to regulate the food industry in the early 1900's

Dr. Harvey Wiley