Production of Safe Food, and Food Laws

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Production of Safe Food, and Food Laws
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Safety

• What does safe mean?
• A substance that does not affect the health of
  man or animal (Section 201 (u))

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Adulteration

• History
• Types of adulteration
• Economic
• Dilution, removal, or using substitutes
• Foreign material
• Aesthetically unpleasing or potentially harmful

Packaging and labeling are recent developments
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Misbranding

• Statements, designs, or pictures in labeling that
  are false and misleading
• Failure to provide information required by law

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Food Laws

• Addresses and prohibits adulteration
• Uncovers and takes action against violators

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• 1883 Dr. Harvey Wiley became chief chemist of the
  USDA
• Poison squad - 12 employees
• Bureau of Animal Industry
• Upton Sinclairs 1906 Book, The Jungle
• 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act The Meat
  Inspection Act

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• 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
• Assigned powers to a federal agency, Food and
  Drug Administration (FDA)
• Defined..
• Food, food preservatives, and artificial colors
• Conditions under which food is considered
  adulterated or misbranded
• Barred sale of food prepared under unsanitary
  conditions or containing any deleterious or
  unsafe substances
• Standards of quality and fill were specified
• Authorized plant inspections
• Now Truthful labeling (issues with economic
  labeling)

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Regulates

• Foods
• Drugs
• Cosmetics
• Animal products
• Medical devices
• Electronic products
• Import, export, and interstate commerce

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Adulterated Food Important Sections

• 402 (a) (1) contains naturally occurring
  poisonous or deleterious substances that may
  render it injurious to health
• 402 (a)(2) contains any added poisonous or
  added deleterious substance that is unsafe above
  a maximum allowable level
• 402 (a)(3) consists in whole, or in part, of
  any filth, putrid, or decomposed substance, or if
  it is otherwise unfit for food
• 402 (a)(4) it has been prepared, packed, or
  held under unsanitary conditions whereby it may
  have become contaminated with filth or where it
  may have been rendered injurious to health