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| Summary of Contents | |
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| Table of Contents | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Introductory Chapters | |
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| Introduction to Food Regulation in the United States | |
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| A short history of food and drug regulation in the United States | |
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| An overview of government agency jurisdictions and authority over food | |
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| What is a Food? Introduction to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) | |
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| What makes an article a food, a drug, a device, or a product outside the scope of the Act? | |
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| Regulation of Labeling and Claims | |
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| Labeling and Misbranding | |
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| The basic requirements of food labeling, misbranding, legal authorities, labeling terminology, affirmative label requirements, prohibited representations, deceptive packaging, warning statements, allergens | |
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| Nutritional Claims and Health Claims | |
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| The requirements for nutritional labeling and health claims on food plus an overview of the regulation of advertising | |
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| The Nutritional Labeling and Education Act (NLEA) | |
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| Esthetic and Economic Adulteration | |
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| Key definitions, adulteration, food (unfit for food, packaging materials), esthetic adulteration, defect action levels, GMPs, standards of identity, and economic adulteration | |
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| Food Safety Regulation | |
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| Food Safety | |
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| Poisonous or deleterious substances, pesticides, the Delaney Clause, the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA), foodborne illnesses, HACCP, and tampering law | |
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| Current issues in foodborne illness, such as mad cow disease | |
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| Food Additives, Color Additives, and Irradiation | |
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| The regulation of food additives, color additives, and irradiation | |
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| Specialized Food Regulation | |
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| Dietary Supplements | |
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| The regulation of this special class of food, which is regulated neither as conventional food nor as food additives | |
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| Dietary Supplement Health & Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA), ephedrine; "street drug alternatives," and dietary supplement ads on the Internet | |
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| Biotechnology and Genetically Engineered Organisms | |
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| The regulation biotechnology, genetically modified foods, and cloning | |
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| Food Terrorism | |
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| A look at food security and the federal government's new bioterrorism powers | |
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| Importation and Exportation | |
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| The regulation of U.S. food imports and exports, including harmonization of domestic and foreign trade restrictions, and agency enforcement authority | |
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| Inspection and Enforcement | |
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| Federal Enforcement | |
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| An overview of the enforcement tools of the FDA and USDA-FSIS with a focus on seizures, recalls, and penalties | |
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| Inspections | |
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| An overview of the FDA and state inspections, and Fourth Amendment, and practical issues | |
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| State Laws and Their Relationship to Federal Laws | |
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| A discussion of state enforcement, the state food and drug laws, and federal pre-emption | |
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| Private Actions | |
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| Private causes of actions and their regulatory role | |
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| General Chapters | |
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| International Food Law | |
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| The implications of international trade, international treaties, and the Codex Alimentarius | |
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| Ethics | |
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| Discussion of ethical issues in food law and in government regulation | |
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| Table of Abbreviations | |