Food Labeling

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"Food and Drug Administration Regulation of Food Labeling
The United States has a long history of regulating the food industry. The government has a legitimate interest in regulating the labeling of food products. The health of the country's citizens is affected by the quality of the diet which those citizens eat. Regulation began as a means of insuring quality and safety, in the food supply. With that goal met, the government has begun to influence the eating preferences, of the general public, through education and by encouraging manufacturers to include information on the nutrition content of food items.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, in the year 1906, the Federal Food and Drugs Act and the Federal Meat Inspection Act were passed authorizing the federal government to regulate the.."

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