Gov. Food Regulations & Food Additives

• What is USDA responsible for regulating?

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• Is grading mandatory? Who pays for it?

  Not mandatory, paid by manufacturer
• What is FDA responsible for?

  • inspections & regulations of ingredients such as food additives, and facilities
  • MORE
• What is the #1 reason for a FDA Product Recall

  what might lead to a foodborne illess

  or there might be a microbe?
• WHat is a FDA food code

  establish food safety guidelines to promote safety guidance for food around the US

  for local, state, etc. codes
• **IMPORTANT** What 2 Meat Manufacturers that HAVE to have HACCP plans?

  * poultry facilities

  * meat
• What is the GRAS list that FDA is responsible?

  * generally recognized as safe
• Are GRAS foods considered as food additives?

  No
• What is a food additive?

  * anything added to food intentionally unless it's considered as GRAS
• What is biotechnology?

  Using best of genes and mix together to get the best end product (like cross-breed)
• Over 93% of soybean, cotton, and sugar beets is GM (Genetically Modified)
• LOOK BACK AT STEPS TO MODIFY A FOOD (tomato example with PG and bacteria)


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• About how much of our food is genetically modified?

  75-80%
• What are the options that companies can use to disclose GMO's on food labels?

  • Text
  • Symbol
  • Electronic or digital link
  • Text message
• What's the loophole to know if something is completely free from GMOs or not?

  If you prepared a chicken with no GMO ingredients, and the chicken ate food with GMOs in it, they aren't required to disclose that info with the consumers
• What are more FDA responsibilities?

  * research

  * the Code of Federal Regulations
• What are the 3 FDA Content Standards?

  1. Standards of Identity
  2. Standards of Minimum Quality
  3. Standards of Fill
• What does Standards of Identity entail?

  "definition" of product name

  • essentially, it's what makes products the same in all states in the US
• Example of Standard of Identity?

  • at least 65% of mayo has to be vegetable oil
• What are Standard of Fill?

  • mostly applied to canned and grain products
  • defines the SIZE of container to sell a product
  • purpose: eliminate consumer deception
  • cans must be filled with at least 90% with solid ingredients
• What is the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act?

  additional regulations to prevent any kinds of misconception for us consumers
• What are the required food labeling contents?

  *
• not required to put which vitamins on nutritional label?

  Vitamin A and Vitamin C
• What does Net Weight (Net Wt.) measure?

  net weight of the product NOT the packaging
• "(Anything)-Free" means it has to be less than how many grams per serving in it?

  less than 0.5g per serving
• Anything over __% is an "excellent" source?(good for vitamins & minerals, NOT saturated fat or sodium)


  20%