Food and food science. Nutrition.

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General North American food law

Pick of the crop Library of food law and regulations: From a web site focussed on the law of multi-level and direct marketing, there are lots of reference materials, statutes, regulations and reference documents related to food and nutrition labelling, packaging etc. Some of the statutory and regulatory topics covered include: Current Good Manufacturing Practice in Manufacturing, Packing, or Holding Dietary Supplements; Proposed Rule FDA/CFSAN Current GMP in Manufacturing, Packing or Holding Human Food (21 CFR Part 110) Iron-Containing Supplements and Drugs: Label Warning Statements and Unit-Dose Packaging Requirements; Final Rule. Also available in PDF format. Dietary Supplement Labeling Regulations (Proposed) New RDIs (Reference Daily Intakes) for Vitamin K, Chloride, Chromium, Maganese, Molybdenum, and Selenium FDA Definition for High Potency Claim and Definition of Antioxidant Use in Nutrient Content Claims The site has FDA related Guides and Reference Materials including: FDA Compliance Guides Small Business Guide to FDA FDA Cosmetics Handbook Food Labeling Questions and Answers Import Procedures Questions & Answers: Nutrition Labeling Questions and Answers about Obtaining Certificates for Export of Foods and Cosmetics FDA Regulatory Procedures Manual

US Food and Drug Act

Full text of the act and regulations.

Title 21-Food and Drugs Regulations FDA

Full text of all 99 parts.

Food and Drug Law Institute (US)

Links to US government sites, US legislature sites and legal sites, and to member companies' home pages. A "nonprofit, educational organization founded in 1949. Its mission is to promote an understanding of the laws, regulations, and policies affecting the public health aspects of foods, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, biological products, and veterinary medical products".

One valuable feature is access to the Food and Drug Law Journal, which provides current and past issueabstracts.

The Dietary Supplement and Health Education Act

The full act.

Canada: Food & Drug Act & Regulations

Explanation and links to full text

Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Lot of material on food law, including:

• Food safety
• Food law
• Food inspection
• The Guide to Food Labelling and Advertising
• News and decisions
• Information on biotechnology

Consumer Information Center (US Govt.): Catalog - Food & Nutrition

List of nutrition related pamphlets, with ordering information and many on-line. Lots of material on food labels.

Food Additives, Pesticides and Chemical Contaminants: FDA

Contains useful material on food additives, inspection and compliance regulations etc.

Food Code 1997

USDA food code for those monitoring food safety in retail establishments.

Institute of Food Technology (US): food law page

Lots of useful links on food law and regulations, as well as other some other nutrition links. Catgories include: Associations, Government Home pages, International Information Judicial, Libraries, Private, State and Local Information on actions affecting food laws and regulations from state and local governments,.University Sources and courses.

Medical foods: FDA regulation

From the Federal Register, the FDA's proposals for regulation of medical foods, dated November 29, 1996.

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Pick of the crop FDA Food Labeling web site Part of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition web site, this is the definitive web resource on the new food labels. Click here to see a detailed list of resources available on this site.

FDA Food Labeling web site

The items available from this Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition web site on food labels include:

Overview of the New Food Label

• Background Information on the New Food Label
• Food Pyramid - Food Label Connection
• Major Historical Milestones
• Publications consumers can order
• Special Food Labeling Issue of FDA Consumer
• Consumer Research on Food Labels

Using the Food Label

• To Cope with Diabetes
• To Lose Weight
• To Prevent Heart Disease
• To Monitor Sodium and other nutrients important to High Blood Pressure.
• Food Labeling Education Video
• Food Labeling Education Program for High School Teachers

Information About Nutrition

• Nutrition and Dietary Guidelines
• Nutrition Information on Restuarant Menus
• Losing Weight and Maintaining a Healthy Weight
• Protecting Yourself from Health Fraud

For Industry and Importers

• A Food Labeling Guide
• Labeling Questions & Answers
• Label Declaration of Allergenic Substances in Foods
• Nutrition Information on Restaurant Menus
• Small Business Food Labeling Exemption
• Other Informational Materials
• FDA Inspectional References and Compliance References
• Guidance on Labeling of Foods that Need Refrigeration by Consumers

Other Federal Agency Activities

• Federal Trade Commission
• FTC Model Advertising Policy

Commission on Dietary Supplement Labels

Final report from FDA sent to the President on November 24 1997. Available in html or .pdf format.

Food Labeling: Toward National Uniformity

Report from the Institute of Medicine's Food and Nutrition Committee arising from the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990. (

FDA: Guide to Nutrition Labeling and Education Act requirements (1994)

From FDA, a highly technical document of the legal framework that applies in food labelling.

FDA: Food Label information

Background information on the new food US label.

FDA: Food Labeling rules

FDA Food Labeling rules: as of April 1 1997.

FDA Statement of Identity, Nutrition Labeling and Ingredient Labeling of Dietary Supplements

The full text of this documentation of proposed rules on supplement labelling and their rationale.

Consumer Information Center (US Govt.): Food label leaflets

Lots of material on food labels in this list of nutrition related pamphlets, with ordering information and many of them on-line.

Presidential Commission on Dietary Supplement Labels

Report of the Commission on Dietary Supplement Labels released in June 1997 for public comment. Be aware that this is a very large (>1 mbyte) file (in Acrobat .pdf format).

Healthfinder

Can find within this site a list of consumer food labelling information web sites from the United States government. There is a more general nutrition section, and one on food safety.

Food Labeling: IFIC

The International Food Information Council has several publications on this topic, such as The New Food Label: A Food Label Education Program for High School Students.

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Pick of the crop Food Law in Europe (including UK) From University of Reading, UK, this web site was prepared to assist students taking courses in food Law there. They contain lots of links to web sites and to relevant legislation regarding food law in the UK and the EEC.

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Codex Alimentarius Commission

"information about the Codex Alimentarius and the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme. You will also find information about current events and forthcoming Codex meetings (including working papers), reports". The site includes a codex for pesticide residues in food and one for veterinary drug residues.

Also see the Food Chemicals Codex below.

Food Chemicals Codex: Fourth Edition

Text from the National Academy of Sciences, available on-line. Also see the CODEX ALIMENTARIUS above.

 

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