The Beginning of FDA

Food Standard and Quality Control

Lesson 01 : Food Quality

The Beginning of FDA

  • During the year 1848 a patent office was created to carry out chemical analysis of agricultural products which was later inherited by agricultural department in 1862.
  • In 1906, Food and Drug Act, was introduced which is also known as the "Wiley Act" after its chief advocate. This Act prohibited, the interstate transport of food which had been "adulterated", interstate marketing of "adulterated" drugs, also banned "misbranding" of food and drugs. The responsibility for examining food and drugs for such "adulteration" or "misbranding" was given to Wiley's USDA Bureau of Chemistry.
  • In 1930 laws on safety and purity of foods were made in USA. The Food and Drug Administration is the oldest comprehensive consumer protection agency in the U. S. federal government.
  • FDA of USA prescribed standards and regulations that are taken as guidelines by developing countries for establishing their own standards.
  • After the World War II, intensified activities were started in international standardization in the framework of ISO(International Organisation of Standardisation).
  • In the year 1962 a Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Program was established, and also a joint subsidiary body was created known as the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC). The trend in the field of food regulation is characterized by growing efforts for harmonization at an international level.
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