Food laws and regulations

Which federal agency regulated the production. manufacturing and distribution of food?

Food and Drug Administration

The first federal food law was passed in 1906. What was it?

Food and Drugs Act and/or Meat Inspection Act, both June 30th, 1906.

What does FCC stand for?

Food Chemicals Codex

What FDA publication serves as a model that assists food control jurisdictions at all levels of government by providing them with a scientifically sound technical and legal basis for regulating the retail and food service segment of the industry?

Food Code

What was the previous name of the FDA?

Food drug and insecticide administration (renamed 1931)

Which act modified the Delaney clause from zero tolerance for carcinogens to negligible risk?

Food Quality Protection Act, 1996

What does FSIS stand for?

Food Safety and Inspection Service

What USDA Agency is responsible for the safety of our food supply?

Food Safety and Inspection Service

Who has the prime responsibility for the safety, wholesomeness, and nutritional quality of food?

Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the USDA seeks to ensure that meat and poultry products for human consumption are safe, wholesome, and correctly marked, labeled, and packaged if they move into interstate or international commerce. FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) seeks to ensure that all other foods are safe, sanitary, nutritious, wholesome, and honestly and adequately labeled.

What branch of the USDA has responsibility for administering the Meat Inspection Act?

Food Safety and Inspection Services

What federal law, enacted in 2011, shifted the focus of food safety from responding to contamination to preventing it?

Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)

What U.S. federal act, passed in 2011, shifted the focus of federal food regulation from responding to contamination to preventing it?

Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)

What U.S. law mandates hazard analysis and risk-based preventive controls for food facilities?

Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)

What law gives the FDA the power to demand a recall of a product?

Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), specifically Section 206

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

Food Safety Modernization Act, 2011

What does FDAMA stand for?

Foods and Drug Administration Modernization Act

How many categories of uses does caramel fall under?

Four (Caramel Color I (also known as plain or spirit caramel), Caramel Color II (caustic sulfite caramel), Caramel Color III (ammonia or beer caramel, baker’s and confectioner’s caramel), Caramel Color IV (known as sulfite-ammonia, soft drink caramel, or acid-proof caramel))

In what year and by which president what the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act enacted?

Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1938

In 2020, the FDA removed the standard of identity in which pie?

Frozen cherry pie

In February of 1990 the FDA approved the use of the fat substitute Simplesse for what category of products?

Frozen desserts