Movie Review
The Food Inc. Movie exposes the issues hidden from Americans by large food corporations. These corporations care more about making a profit then the health of Americans who buy their products. These corporations are not only affect consumers but the workers that work in these corporations work under harsh and unsanitary conditions. The animals here are abused and slaughtered. Some of the meat produced also consists of harmful bacteria such as E. Coli. Organizations like the FDA and the USDA have food regulation policies and laws to provide safe food for American Consumers.
I recommend this movie to everyone who is unaware of the issues in today's meatpacking industry. I feel that this is one of the most important movies in helping people understand more about the food they eat. I would emphasize the fact that it is important for Americans to know if their food is genetically engineered. People deserve too know where the food came from. People also deserve too know what occurred for the food to be produced. I felt that the cinematography of the movie was not very good because the “camera men” were not allowed to go into the large corporations or receive interviews to give us a better look at the issues. I would not add or take anything away from the movie if I could. I feel that they did a great job investigating and exposing the issues.
FDA food regulation policies:
The Pure Food and Drug Act
The Pure Food and Drug Act of June 30, 1906 is a United States federal law that provided federal inspection of meat products and forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated food products and poisonous patent medicines. The Act arose due to public education and exposés from Muckrakers such as Upton Sinclair and Samuel Hopkins Adams, social activist Florence Kelley, researcher Harvey W. Wiley and President Theodore Roosevelt.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_Food_and_Drug_Act
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
The United States Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (abbreviated as FFDCA, FDCA, or FD&C), is a set of laws passed by Congress in 1938 giving authority to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to oversee the safety of food, drugs, and cosmetics. A principal author of this law was Royal S. Copeland, a three-term U.S. Senator from New York. In 1968, the Electronic Product Radiation Control provisions were added to the FD&C. Also in that year the FDA formed the Drug Efficacy Study Implementation (DESI) to incorporate into FD&C regulations the recommendations from a National Academy of Sciences investigation of effectiveness of previously marketed drugs. The act has been amended many times, most recently to add requirements about bioterrorism preparations.
The introduction of this act was influenced by the death of more than 100 patients due to a sulfanilamide medication where diethylene glycol was used to dissolve the drug and make a liquid form. See Elixir Sulfanilamide disaster. It replaced the earlier Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Food,_Drug,_and_Cosmetic_Act
USDA food regulation policies:
Kefauver Harris Amendment
The U.S. Kefauver Harris Amendment or "Drug Efficacy Amendment" is a 1962 amendment to the Act. It introduced a requirement for drug manufacturers to provide proof of the effectiveness and safety of their drugs before approval, required drug advertising to disclose accurate information about side effects, and stopped cheap generic drugs being marketed as expensive drugs under new http://www.dangerousdrugs.us/2009/07/expert-report-in-fleet-phospho-soda-lawsuit.html
Durham-Humphrey Amendment
The Durham-Humphrey Amendment explicitly defined two specific categories for medications, legend (prescription) and over-the-counter (OTC). This amendment was co-sponsored by former vice president and Senator Hubert H. Humphrey Jr., who was a pharmacist in South Dakota before beginning his political career. The other sponsor of this amendment was Carl Durham, a pharmacy.http://www.findtherightphosphosodalawyer.com/2009/09/witness-in-fleet-phospho-soda-lawsuit-explains-the-fda-approval-process.html
Nutrition Labeling and Education Act
The Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA) (Public Law 101-535) is a 1990 United States Federal law. It was signed into law on November 8, 1990 by President George H. W. Bush. The law gives the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority to require nutrition labeling of most foods regulated by the Agency; and to require that all nutrient content claims (for example, 'high fiber', 'low fat', etc.) and health claims meet FDA regulations.http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=4e873d50-3e99-4382-8137-07dec0825bf1
