1/24/2018 Reasons for Food Laws Reasons for Food Law FERN Objectives Unintentional Adulteration Detection:identification of biological,chemical Food Safety and Inspection Service-FSIS and radiological threat agents Prevention:operate targeted federal/state eefthat contains Escherichia coli surveillance sampling programs Economic Adulteration Preparedness:strengthen laboratory capacities Adulteration that does no harm to someone but and capabilities cheats that person out of their money Response:provide large-scale laboratory Adding water to wine or milk testing capacity ·Ash to pepper Recovery:provide public assurance of food ·Chalk to bread safety following an emergency Dyes to conceal inferior ingredients Corn sweetener to honey Reasons for Food Law Reasons for Food Law Misbranding The FDA said because Use of false or misleading labeling there is no standard for nutrients in All American food laws are based on prohibiting carbonated adulteration and misbranding beverages,Coke can't market the beverage as "plus" 1/24/2018 4 Reasons for Food Laws FERN Objectives • Detection: identification of biological, chemical, and radiological threat agents • Prevention: operate targeted federal/state surveillance sampling programs • Preparedness: strengthen laboratory capacities and capabilities • Response: provide large-scale laboratory testing capacity • Recovery: provide public assurance of food safety following an emergency Unintentional Adulteration Food Safety and Inspection Service - FSIS • Ground beef that contains Escherichia coli O157:H7 Economic Adulteration Adulteration that does no harm to someone but cheats that person out of their money • Adding water to wine or milk • Ash to pepper • Chalk to bread • Dyes to conceal inferior ingredients • Corn sweetener to honey Reasons for Food Law Misbranding • Use of false or misleading labeling All American food laws are based on prohibiting adulteration and misbranding Reasons for Food Law The FDA said because there is no standard for nutrients in carbonated beverages, Coke can't market the beverage as “plus” Reasons for Food Law