Research Catalog

Title

Food labeling : toward national uniformity / Committee on State Food Labeling, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine ; Donna V. Porter and Robert O. Earl, editors.

Author

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on State Food Labeling

Publication

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1992.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Porter, Donna Viola
• Earl, Robert O.

Description

xv, 239 p.; 23 cm.

Subjects

• Food > Labeling
• Food > Labeling > Law and legislation > United States
• Food > Labeling > Law and legislation > United States > States
• Legislation, Food
• Food Labeling

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Summary -- 2. Background of the Study. Committee Procedures -- 3. Contextual Factors Affecting the Regulation of Misbranded Food. Developments Before 1900. Developments Between 1900 and 1940. Developments Between 1940 and 1970. Developments Between 1970 and 1990. Current Federal and State Roles in Food Regulation. Implications for FDCA Section 403 -- 4. Criteria for Determining Adequate Implementation of the Federal Statute. The Historical Approach of FDA in Implementing FDCA. Summary of State and Local Comments. Summary of Industry Comments. Summary of Consumer Interest Group Comments. Committee Deliberations. Developing the Committee's Criteria -- 5. Comparison and Analysis of Federal and State Food Labeling Requirements. Complexity of the Analysis and Coverage. Food Under the Name of Another Food--Section 403(b). Container Fill and Deceptive Packaging--Section 403(d). Placement of Required Information--Section 403(f). Standards of Quality and of Fill of Container--Section 403(h).
• Common or Usual Name--Section 403(i)(1). Labeling of Artificial Colorings, Flavorings, and Chemical Preservatives--Section 403(k) -- 6. Issues Raised by States, Consumers, and Industry. Enforcement as a Dimension of Implementation. State Action Under NLEA. Cooperative Relationships Between FDA and the States. Preemption and the Petition Process. Economic Impact of Nonuniformity. Committee Observations -- Appendixes. A. Provision for the State Food Labeling Study Contained in the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990. B. Participants at the Public Meeting Held by the Committee on State Food Labeling, May 30, 1991. C. Letter of Request Sent to State and Local Regulators and Consumer Groups by the Committee on State Food Labeling. D. States Providing Written Response to the Six Questions from the Committee on State Food Labeling. E. Individuals from States That Provided Information to the Committee on State Food Labeling.
• F. State and Local Laws, Regulations, and Other Materials Submitted to the Committee on State Food Labeling. G. Areas of Discrepancy Between Federal and State Food Labeling Requirements Identified by States and Consumer and Industry Groups. H. State Food Labeling Requirements and Relationship to the Misbranding Provisions of Section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. I. Case Study: Requirements for Labeling Bottled Water. J. Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff.

ISBN

0309047374 (pbk.)

LCCN

92060416

OCLC

• 26176940
• ocm26176940
• SCSB-4727187

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries