Food Safety Exam 4 Questions And Answers Graded A+!!!
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Course
HACCP/ HARPC
Institution
HACCP/ HARPC
What is Required/Regulated on a Food
Label? - ANS •Name of the Food
•Net Quantity of Contents
•Ingredients List
•Nutrition Labeling
•Health Claims (optional)
•Labeling for the following is voluntary: - ANS -Raw fruits
-Raw vegetables
-Fish
Food Labeling Regu...
Food Safety Exam 4 Questions And
Answers Graded A+!!!
What is Required/Regulated on a Food
Label? - ANS •Name of the Food
•Net Quantity of Contents
•Ingredients List
•Nutrition Labeling
•Health Claims (optional)
•Labeling for the following is voluntary: - ANS -Raw fruits
-Raw vegetables
-Fish
Food Labeling Regulatory Agencies - ANS •FDA
-Most packaged foods.
•FSIS (USDA)
-Meat, poultry, some eggs.
Food Labeling - FDA - ANS •The FDA is responsible for ensuring that foods produced
domestically and imported are properly labeled.
•The FDA enforces laws set out in the following two acts:
-Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FD&C)
-Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (FPLA)
Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FD&C) - ANS •The food section of the FD&C
includes a broad range of regulations aimed at ensuring that foods are:
-Safe
-Pure
-Wholesome
-Produced under sanitary conditions.
Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (FPLA) - ANS -Requires identification of food
•Prevents consumer deception with respect to identification of ingredients.
Misbranded Foods - ANS •Refers to falsely or misleadingly packaged or labeled food:
-Incomplete/missing ingredients list
-Fails to list major allergens
, -Fails to list common name of product
-False micronutrient composition
-Fails to list potentially dangerous contents.
-Fails to list food additives
-False nutrition claims.
Etc.
Phenylketonuria (PKU) - ANS •PKU is a rare condition in which a person is born without
the ability to breakdown the amino acid phenylalanine.
•If products containing phenylalanine are not avoided, brain damage will occur.
•The label must always appear in a larger font than the surrounding text, all capitals, bold type.
Adulterated Foods - ANS •The deliberate addition of inferior or cheaper material to a food
product, usually for profit gains.
-Addition of prohibited substances
-Substituting a cheaper product
Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act - ANS •This amendment to the
FD&C was added to help consumers avoid exposure to the eight leading causes of food
allergies:
-Milk
-Egg
-Fish
-Crustacean Shellfish
-Tree nuts
-Wheat
-Peanuts
-Soybeans
•Any food that contains an undeclared major allergen is misbranded under the FD&C.
•Failure to list food allergens is the leading cause of food recalls.
•Bakery products are the most frequently recalled type of food.
•Milk is the most common undeclared allergen.
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) - ANS •FTC ruling can involve misleading claims on
foods.
•Often, the foods claim to have health benefits not supported by any data or testing done on that
food.
-This is a relatively new field known as nutri- or nutraceuticals (foods with health benefits)
USDA Inspection Legend - ANS •USDA regulations require an inspection legend on all
federally inspected meat and poultry product containers.
•The product will be declared misbranded if the legend is missing.
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