Lecture 2 - History of US Food Regulation

Learning Objectives

1. Understand the historical context of US Food Law
2. Discuss public outrage leading to the Meat Inspection Act 1906
   Review the circumstances leading up to the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906.
3. Review the incidents that catalyzed the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938.
4. Survey the regulatory history of the Miller Pesticide Amendment and Food Additive and Color Additive Acts.
5. Examine the Delaney Clause and the later evolution of the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996
6. Survey other US food regulatory agencies.