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Encyclopedia > Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
Acronym / colloquial name FFDCA or FDCA
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The United States Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (abbreviated as FFDCA, FDCA, or FD&C), is a set of laws passed by Congress in 1938 giving authority to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to oversee the safety of food, drugs, and cosmetics. In 1968, the Electronic Product Radiation Control provisions were added to the FD&C. Also in that year the FDA formed the Drug Efficacy Study Implementation (DESI) to incorporate into FD&C regulations the recommendations from a National Academy of Sciences investigation of effectiveness of previously marketed drugs.[1] The act was amended by the FDA Modernization Act of 1997. Image File history File links US-GreatSeal-Obverse. ... The United States Code (U.S.C.) is a compilation and codification of the general and permanent federal law of the United States. ... Type Bicameral Houses Senate House of Representatives President of the Senate President pro tempore Dick Cheney, (R) since January 20, 2001 Robert C. Byrd, (D) since January 4, 2007 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, (D) since January 4, 2007 Members 535 plus 4 Delegates and 1 Resident Commissioner Political... “FDA” redirects here. ... Food safety is a scientific discipline describing the handling, preparation, and storage of food in ways that prevent Foodborne illness. ... This was a program begun by the FDA in the 1960s after the requirement that all drugs be efficacious as well as safe. ... President Harding and the National Academy of Sciences at the White House, Washington, DC, April 1921 The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine. ...


The introduction of this act was influenced by the death of more than 100 patients due to a poorly prepared sulfanilamide compound containing mostly diethylene glycol.[2] See Elixir Sulfanilamide disaster. Sulfonamides, also known as sulfa drugs, are synthetic antimicrobial agents derived from sulfonic acid. ... Diethylene glycol (DEG) is an organic compound described by the structural formula HO-CH2-CH2-O-CH2-CH2-OH. It is a clear, hygroscopic, odorless liquid. ... The Elixir Sulfanilamide disaster was a mass poisoning in the United States in 1937. ...

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Food coloring

The FD&C is perhaps best known by the consumer because of its use in the naming of food coloring additives, such as "FD&C Yellow No. 6." The Act made the certification of food color additives mandatory. Food coloring spreading on a thin water film. ... Food additives are substances added to food to preserve flavor or improve its taste and appearance. ...


The FDA lists nine FD&C (Food, Drugs & Cosmetics) certified color additives for use in foods in the United States, plus numerous D&C (Drugs & Cosmetics) colorings allowed only in drugs or cosmetics. Color additives derived from natural sources, such as vegetables, minerals or animals, and man-made counterparts of natural derivatives, are exempt from certification. Both artificial and natural color additives are subject to rigorous standards of safety before their approval for use in foods.


Certifiable colors: (name/common name)

Name Common name Color Comment
FD&C Blue No. 1 Brilliant Blue FCF bright blue
FD&C Blue No. 2 Indigotine royal blue
FD&C Green No. 3 Fast Green FCF sea green
FD&C Red No. 3 Erythrosine cherry red
FD&C Red No. 40 Allura Red AC orange-red
FD&C Yellow No. 5 Tartrazine lemon yellow
FD&C Yellow No. 6 Sunset Yellow FCF orange
Orange B Restricted to specific uses
Citrus Red No.2 Restricted to specific uses

Blue 1 redirects here. ... For other uses, see Blue (disambiguation). ... Indigo dye indigo molecule Indigo dye is an important dyestuff with a distinctive blue color (see indigo). ... Royal blue is a lighter shade of blue. ... Fast Green FCF, also called Food green 3, FD&C Green No. ... Sea green is a shade of green that resembles the sea floor as seen from the surface. ... Erythrosine (Tetraiodofluorescein) is a cherry-pink coal based fluorone food dye. ... For other uses, see Cherry (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Red (disambiguation). ... Allura Red AC Allura Red AC, also called Allura Red, Food Red 17, C.I. 16035, and FD&C Red 40, is a red azo dye. ... The orange, the fruit from which the modern name of the orange colour comes. ... For other uses, see Red (disambiguation). ... Yellow 5 redirects here. ... ... Sunset Yellow FCF (also known as Orange Yellow S, and FD&C Yellow 6) is a colourant that may be added to foods to induce a colour change. ... The orange, the fruit from which the modern name of the orange colour comes. ... Orange B Orange B is a food dye from the azo dye group. ... Citrus Red 2 Citrus Red 2, Citrus Red No. ...

Food Additives

The FFDCA requires producers of food additives to demonstrate to a reasonable certainty that no harm will result from the intended use of an additive. If the FDA finds an additive to be safe the agency issues a regulation specifying the conditions under which the additive may be safely used.


Definition of Food Additive

The definition of "food additive" is "any substance, the intended use of which results directly or indirectly, in its becoming a component or otherwise affecting the characteristics of food". However, excluded from the definition of "food additive" are substances that are generally recognized, among experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate their safety, as having been adequately shown through scientific procedures (or, in the case of a substance used in food before January 1, 1958, through either scientific procedures or through experience based on common use in food) to be safe under the conditions of their intended use. This is the so called generally recognized as safe (GRAS) exemption.[3] Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) is a United States of America Food and Drug Administration (FDA) designation that a chemical or substance added to food is considered safe by experts, and so is exempted from the usual Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) food additive tolerance requirements. ...


GM foods are regarded as containing food additives

These regulations apply to foods produced by genetic engineering and natural sorces, if the protein added to the food by the genetic engineering process is not "generally recognized as safe" then genetically modified food is regarded as containing a "food additive" and is subject to pre-market approval by the FDA [4]. All GM foods sold in the USA have been subject to this FDA pre-market approval process. Kenyans examining insect-resistant transgenic Bt corn. ... Kenyans examining insect-resistant transgenic Bt corn. ...


Cosmetics

This Act defines cosmetics as products for "cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance." In this sense the FDA can classify cosmetics without actually regulating them. This allows a manufacturer the ability to use ingredients or raw materials and market the final product without government approval. “Make-up” redirects here. ...


Section 510(k)

Section 510(k) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act requires those device manufacturers who must register to notify FDA, at least 90 days in advance, of their intent to market a medical device The United States Food and Drug Administration is the government agency responsible for regulating food, dietary supplements, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, biologics and blood products in the United States. ...


This is known as Premarket Notification - also called PMN or 510(k) . It allows FDA to determine whether the device is equivalent to a device already placed into one of the three classification categories. Thus, "new" devices (not in commercial distribution prior to May 28, 1976) that have not been classified can be properly identified.


Any device that reaches market via a 510(k) notification must be "substantially equivalent" to a device on the market prior to May 28, 1976. If a device being submitted is significantly different, relative to a pre-1976 device, in terms of design, material, chemical composition, energy source, manufacturing process, or intended use, the device must go through a pre-market approval, or PMA.


A device that reaches market via the 510(k) process is not considered to be "approved" by the FDA. Nevertheless, it can be marketed and sold in the United States.


Related legislation

The Wheeler-Lea Act, also passed in 1938, granted the Federal Trade Commission the authority to oversee advertising of all products regulated by FDA, other than prescription drugs. The Wheeler-Lea Act of 1938 amended the Federal Trade Commission Act to add the clause unfair or deceptive acts or practices in commerce are hereby declared unlawful to the Section 5 prohibition of unfair methods of competition, in order to protect consumers as well as competition. ... | logo_caption = | seal = US-FederalTradeCommission-Seal. ... Advert redirects here. ...


Significant amendments to FDCA and other laws related to FDCA

Descriptions of these can be found at the FDCA's web site.[5]


Amendments

  • Infant Formula Act of 1980, Public Law (PL) 96-359 (Oct. 26, 1980)
  • Orphan Drug Act, PL 97-414 (Jan. 4, 1983)
  • Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984, PL 98-417 (Sept. 24, 1984)
  • Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1987, PL 100-293 (Aug. 18, 1988)
  • Generic Animal Drug and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1988, PL 100-670 (Nov. 16, 1988)
  • Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990, PL 101-535 (Nov. 8, 1990)
  • Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990, PL 101-629 (Nov. 28, 1990)
  • Medical Device Amendments of 1992, PL 102-300 (June 16, 1992)
  • Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) of 1992, PL 102-571 (Oct. 29, 1992)
  • Animal Medicinal Drug Use Clarification Act (AMDUCA) of 1994, PL 103-396 (Oct. 22, 1994)
  • Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994, PL 103-417 (Oct. 25, 1994)
  • Food Quality Protection Act of 1996, PL 104-170 (Aug. 3, 1996)
  • Animal Drug Availability Act of 1996, PL 104-250 (Oct. 9, 1996)
  • Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act (FDAMA) of 1997, PL 105-115 (Nov. 21, 1997)
  • Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act, PL 107-109 (Jan. 4, 2002)
  • Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) of 2002, PL 107-250 (Oct. 26, 2002)
  • Animal Drug User Fee Act of 2003, PL 108-130 (Feb. 20, 2003)
  • Pediatric Research Equity Act of 2003, PL 108-155 (Dec. 3, 2003)
  • Minor Use and Minor Species Animal Health Act of 2004
  • Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004, PL 108-282 (Aug. 2, 2004)

Other laws

  • Federal Food and Drugs Act of 1906 (repealed; for historical reference)
  • Federal Meat Inspection Act (March 4, 1907)
  • Federal Trade Commission Act (Sept. 26, 1914)
  • Filled Milk Act (March 4, 1923)
  • Import Milk Act (Feb. 15, 1927)
  • Public Health Service Act (July 1, 1944)
  • Trademark Act of 1946 (July 5, 1946)
  • Reorganization Plan 1 of 1953 (March 12, 1953)
  • Poultry Products Inspection Act (Aug. 28, 1957)
  • Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (Nov. 3, 1966)
  • The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Jan. 1, 1970)
  • Controlled Substances Act (Oct. 27, 1970)
  • Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (Oct. 27, 1970)
  • Egg Products Inspection Act (Dec. 29, 1970)
  • Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act (Jan. 13, 1971)
  • Federal Advisory Committee Act (Oct. 6, 1972)
  • Government in the Sunshine Act (Sept. 13, 1976)
  • Government Patent Policy Act of 1980 (Dec. 12, 1980)
  • Federal Anti-Tampering Act (Oct. 13, 1983)
  • Sanitary Food Transportation Act (Nov. 3, 1990)
  • Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) (Oct. 27, 1992)
  • Bioterrorism Act of 2002 (June 12, 2002)
  • Project BioShield Act of 2004 (July 21, 2004)

See also

Food safety is a scientific discipline describing the handling, preparation, and storage of food in ways that prevent Foodborne illness. ... This is (intended to be) a comprehensive alphabetical list of food additives. ... The regulation of therapeutic goods, that is drugs and therapeutic devices, varies by jurisdiction. ... The U.S. Kefauver Harris Amendment or Drug Efficacy Amendment of 1962 was a response to the Thalidomide tragedy in Europe. ...

References

  1. ^ http://www.fda.gov/cder/about/history/time1.htm
  2. ^ http://www.ashp.org/s_ashp/article_news.asp?CID=167&DID=2024&id=3659
  3. ^ http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/fr970417.html
  4. ^ http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/fssyst4.html
  5. ^ http://www.fda.gov/opacom/laws/

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