SYLLABUS

FS 540/F&N 540 FOOD REGULATIONS

SPRING 2004

Tues/Thurs, 7:30-8:45, Food Science Building 1215, January 12 - March 25

 

Dr. Bruce Hamaker (BH)                                                                  Dr. Charles Santerre (CS)

Food Science Building, 1241                                                          Stone Hall, 205

49-45668                                                                                             49-63443

hamakerb@foodsci.purdue.edu                                                     santerre@purdue.edu

Office hours for both instructors:  arranged or immediately after class

 

Course Objectives: To gain a basic knowledge and familiarity of the principal laws and regulations governing raw and processed foods; to develop a depth of understanding of the law’s core – adulteration and misbranding; to be exposed to the important current issues in the food regulatory field.

 

Supplementary text on reserve in Lilly and Stone Libraries:  Food Laws and Regulations; James L. Vetter; American Institute of Baking, Manhattan, Kansas 66502-4576, 1996, ISBN 1-880877-68-6

 

Website:  http://fn.cfs.purdue.edu/fn540 (contains old exams, debate topics, exam study guide, slides). This is a password protected site. Please note: The presentations may be updated and posted to this website just prior to class. Please look at the date that each file was created to ensure that you download the most current version.

 

Grade Distribution: Spring 2002 (13 students incl. 10 undergraduate and 3 graduate students)

 

A – 5

B – 4

C – 2

D – 2

 

Grading

 

2 Assignments or Pop Quizzes (2.5% each)                                       5%

Participation and summaries (lectures following Exam 1 only)         15%

2 Debate Exercises (5% each)                                                          10%

Exam 1                                                                                                40%

Exam 2                                                                                                30%

 

Debates

 

Students will be assigned to a debate team and given a debate topic. Depending on class size, there will be 2 debate topics and 4 teams. The format for the debate is as follows: teams will be given 10 minutes to confer; the debate topics will be read aloud; each team will be given 5 minutes for opening arguments (pro team goes first); each team will be allowed to confer for 5 minutes to formulate a rebuttal (pro team goes first); each team will deliver a 5 minute rebuttal; and then there will be an open discussion for 5 minutes (open to audience). Each time allotment will be strictly enforced by the moderator. Each team member must contribute to the preparation and delivery of the debate presentations.

 

For each debate, you will be required to submit at least 3/4 page typed (12 point font), single spaced (1 inch margins) of information that you developed for the debate. To this sheet, attach the background documents that you used for the debate. This portion of the assignment must be completed by each student to receive credit for the debate assignment and is due at the time of the debate.

 

 

Day/Date                                Lecture Topic/Assignment

 

T-1/13              Course Overview and Using the WWW as a resource – BH

                        History of Food Laws

                        Optional Text Reading:  Chapter 1

                        http://www.fda.gov

                        www.fda.gov/opacom/backgrounders/miles.html

                        http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/history2.html

 

Th-1/15            Organization of Federal Regulatory Agencies – BH

                        How Laws and Regulations are Made

                        Overview of Food Laws and Regulations

                        Optional Text Reading:  Chapter 2

                        http://www.fda.gov/opacom/laws/

 

T-1/20              Adulteration and Misbranding – BH

                        Optional Text Reading:  Chapter 3

                        The FD&C Act can be found at http://www.cfsan.fda.gov

 

Th-1/22            Adulteration and Misbranding (cont.) – BH

 

T-1/27              Food and Color Additives, Prior Sanction, GRAS, Standardized Foods – BH

                        Optional Text Reading:  pp. 52, 115-147

 

Th-1/29            FDA Enforcement of the FD&C Act, Criminal Prosecution, Civil Penalties – BH

Optional Text Reading:  Chapter 9

            Optional Reading:

                                FDA recall policies – http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/recall2.txt

FDA Defect Action Levels – http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/dalbook.html

 

T-2/3                Factory Inspections and Discussion – BH

                        Optional Text Reading:  161-171, Chapter 10, p. 55

                        Optional Reading:  Current GMPs – http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/part110t.txt

                               

Th-2/5              HACCP, GMPs – The new regulation standard – Dr. Linton

                        Optional Text Reading:  pp. 161-178

                        Optional Reading:  FDA Backgrounder-HACCP

                        http://www.fda.gov/opacom/backgrounders/haccp.html

                        http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/fssyst2.html

 

T-2/10              Debate and Review for Exam 1

 

Th-2/12            Exam 1

 

T-2/17             Nutrition Labeling and Education Act – CS

                        Optional Text Reading: Chapter 4

 

Th-2/19            Labeling (Continued) - CS

                        Health Claims           

 

T-2/24              Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act – CS

                        Optional Text Reading:  Chapter 7    

 

Th-2/26            Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act – CS

Food Quality Protection Act

                        Text Reading:  Chapter 5

 

T-3/2               Regulation of Food Biotechnology – CS

 

Th–3/4             Food Biotechnology (Continued) – CS

Organic Food Standard

Food Irradiation

                        Optional Text Reading:  Chapter 10 & 11

 

T-3/9               International Regulations and Import/Export - CS

                        Other Acts and Agencies that Govern the Food Supply, State Regulations

                        Optional Text Reading:  Chapter 2

 

Th-3/11            Debate and Review for Exam 2

 

 

T-3/23              Meat and Poultry Inspection – Dr. Forrest

                        Optional Text Reading:  pp. 216-219

                        Optional Text Reading:  pp. 62-63, 217-218

 

Th-3/25            Exam 2