1/24/2018 Reasons for Food Law American Food Laws Early food laws These products are misbranded because Earliest type of food laws established in their labels are the colonies were set by trade guilds misleading. They wanted quality standards to The labels are designed to ensure they had repeat customers imply that the product is 100%orange/tangerine Anyone in the trade guild caught juice or grape juice adulterating foods and selling them Neither orange/tangerine cheap were removed from the quild and juice nor grape juice is forced out of business the predominant juice in the products American Food Laws American Food Laws Early food laws Early food laws After independence was gained from First food laws in the US were based on the UK,Congress was protective of regulations from England states'rights and resisted passing federal laws that infringed on state Massachusetts Bay Colony commerce -1630,Nicholas Knopf was fined for First food laws passed selling water as a cure for scurvy were at the state level -1641,passed a food adulteration law did not cover goods shipped from one that established inspection of beef, state to another pork,and fish1/24/2018 5 These products are misbranded because their labels are misleading. The labels are designed to imply that the product is 100% orange/tangerine juice or grape juice Neither orange/tangerine juice nor grape juice is the predominant juice in the products Reasons for Food Law American Food Laws Early food laws • Earliest type of food laws established in the colonies were set by trade guilds • They wanted quality standards to ensure they had repeat customers • Anyone in the trade guild caught adulterating foods and selling them cheap were removed from the guild and forced out of business • After independence was gained from the UK, Congress was protective of states’ rights and resisted passing federal laws that infringed on state commerce • First food laws passed - were at the state level - did not cover goods shipped from one state to another American Food Laws Early food laws • First food laws in the US were based on regulations from England • Massachusetts Bay Colony - 1630, Nicholas Knopf was fined for selling water as a cure for scurvy - 1641, passed a food adulteration law that established inspection of beef, pork, and fish American Food Laws Early food laws