Food Quality Protection Act

In my opinion, I believe that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should have mentioned the EpiPen characteristics that made the product unsafe. For example, instead of broadly saying that the company didn’t follow the guidelines and had product failures, they could have explained in more detail the exact thing that wasn’t right. I would have also liked to see some visual representations of the EpiPen to see the differences of how Mylan was selling the product in comparison to how it should…

The Food and Drug Administration, established June 30th 1906 by Theodore Roosevelt and Harvey Washington Wiley, is an essential part of our federal government. It began after the Food and Drug act was passed in 1906. It was intended to regulate misbranded food and drugs (The History of FDA's Fight for Consumer Protection and Public Health) and has evolved into what it is now, regulating everything from food to supplements to cosmetics to pacemakers. The FDA consists of one commissioner and…

The Pure food and drug act was and still is a needed policy for our relatively young nation, because if it wasn’t instated we would still be consuming Chalked thinned milk and Diseased meat from improper food processing and sale of these botched products. This improper use or mishaps still happen to this modern day and this act has been in effect since 1906 just a little over a hundred years. Considering the most recent contamination of this is with iceberg and romaine lettuce and it was four…

Annotated Bibliography Corkill, Katherine. "Are Cosmetic or Skincare Products FDA Approved or Certified?" Personal Care Truth or Scare. Personal Care Truth, 16 July 2013. Web. 16 Nov. 2016. In this article, Corkill explains why a lot of cosmetic companies are not actually FDA Approved or even FDA Certified. She explained how the labeling on these products may be misleading to the customers. Instead, she gave information on what the FDA actually approves. She notes that having that label isn’t…

health care and pharmaceutical regulation in this country began prior to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Throughout history there have been key events that have occurred resulting in pivotal changes in health care regulation. From the formation of the FDA to the passing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), there has been a focus of safety and consumer protection as purpose for increased of health care regulation in United States. Several events laid…

In Ontario the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has several guidelines for water conservation, drainage and using water for agricultural. The Government of Canada has set out several guidelines which farms in Ontario have to be in conjunction with in order to be sustainable to the water codes law (Riparian). The environmental protection Act is an act which, farmers have to attend to for protecting the water, air and land; outlined in the act are what to do for spills, waste…

environment protection in the country. Nixon signed an act called Clear Air Act which is in charge of the regulation and control of the air emissions from food processing plants, fossil fuel burning, and planes, cars and any motor vehicle. Also the Clean Water Act responsible for growing public awareness and controlling water pollution since 1972, one of the goals of these acts were to authorize the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) to set National Ambient Air Quality Standards and Water…

The Affordable Care Act (ACA), is shortened for The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), which is the new health care renewed regulation in America, and is known as Obamacare. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is made up from several milestones in health care, such as of the Affordable Health Care for America Act, the Patient Protection Act. In addition, other milestones which took place in the health care was the ACA, which is also associated with health care…

on the regulation of food and food safety. With that being said, this is an improvement on how these agencies or departments are improving our everyday lives. The Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Environmental Protection Agency, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention all take part within food regulation and food safety. Each of these departments and agencies of food regulation and food safety each take part in, Food Safety Modernization Act, Supplemental…

Roosevelt did more than just that. Theodore Roosevelt was the most Progressive president out of the three because despite failing to push for several reforms, he succeeding in establishing progress in the realms of social reform, conservation, consumer protection, and the promotion of competition in business. Firstly, President Roosevelt attempted social reform. He invited Booker T. Washington to dinner at the White House, which was a move that received a lot of criticism. Roosevelt was not…