FDSC 3301 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
USDA - Correct Answers -United States Department of Agriculture
USDHHS - Correct Answers -United States Department of Health and Human Services
APHIS - Correct Answers -Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Under USDA
FSIS - Correct Answers -Food Safety and Inspection Service
Under USDA
GIPSA - Correct Answers -Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration
Under USDA
FGIS - Correct Answers -Federal Grain Inspection Service
Under USDA
FAS - Correct Answers -Foreign Agricultural Service
Under USDA
ARS - Correct Answers -Agricultural Research Service
Under USDA
AMS - Correct Answers -Agricultural Marketing Service
Under USDA
ERS - Correct Answers -Economic Research Service
Under USDA
FSIS is in charge of regulating - Correct Answers --nations supply of meat, poultry, pork,
beef, and eggs are wholesome and correctly labeled and packaged
-products sold interstate, foreign commerce, and imports
FSIS draws authority from which acts - Correct Answers -1) Federal Meat Inspection
Act
2) Poultry Products Inspection Act
3) Egg Products Inspection Act
, CDC - Correct Answers -Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Under USDHHS
FDA - Correct Answers -Food and Drug Administration
Under USDHHS
CFSAN - Correct Answers -Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Under USDHHS
CVM - Correct Answers -Center for Veterinary Medicine
Under USDHHS
What two organizations fall under the CDC? - Correct Answers -Food-borne Disease
Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet)
National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS)
What is the FDA responsible for? - Correct Answers -protecting and promoting public
health through the regulation of food safety
responsible for all foods EXCEPT meat, poultry, and processed eggs
What acts are under the USDA - Correct Answers -Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic
Act
Food Safety Modernization Act
Aside from food, what is the FDA responsible for? - Correct Answers -Tobacco
products, dietary supplements, pharmaceutical drugs
What percentage makes a product considered not meat, and if it is what organization
does it fall under? - Correct Answers ->3% for meat and 2% for poultry FSIS
<3% for meat and 2% for poultry FDA
Who has authority over alcohol at the state level? - Correct Answers -each state has the
authority to regulate the production, sale and distribution of alcohol within its borders
Who has interstate and foreign authority over alcohol? - Correct Answers -Federal
Alcohol Administration Act (FAA)
What percent does wine have to be to not be considered by the FAA and what
organization does it fall under? - Correct Answers -<7% and Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act)
Who regulates municipal (portable) water? - Correct Answers -Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA)
Who regualtes bottled water? - Correct Answers -FDA
ANSWERS
USDA - Correct Answers -United States Department of Agriculture
USDHHS - Correct Answers -United States Department of Health and Human Services
APHIS - Correct Answers -Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Under USDA
FSIS - Correct Answers -Food Safety and Inspection Service
Under USDA
GIPSA - Correct Answers -Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration
Under USDA
FGIS - Correct Answers -Federal Grain Inspection Service
Under USDA
FAS - Correct Answers -Foreign Agricultural Service
Under USDA
ARS - Correct Answers -Agricultural Research Service
Under USDA
AMS - Correct Answers -Agricultural Marketing Service
Under USDA
ERS - Correct Answers -Economic Research Service
Under USDA
FSIS is in charge of regulating - Correct Answers --nations supply of meat, poultry, pork,
beef, and eggs are wholesome and correctly labeled and packaged
-products sold interstate, foreign commerce, and imports
FSIS draws authority from which acts - Correct Answers -1) Federal Meat Inspection
Act
2) Poultry Products Inspection Act
3) Egg Products Inspection Act
, CDC - Correct Answers -Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Under USDHHS
FDA - Correct Answers -Food and Drug Administration
Under USDHHS
CFSAN - Correct Answers -Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Under USDHHS
CVM - Correct Answers -Center for Veterinary Medicine
Under USDHHS
What two organizations fall under the CDC? - Correct Answers -Food-borne Disease
Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet)
National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS)
What is the FDA responsible for? - Correct Answers -protecting and promoting public
health through the regulation of food safety
responsible for all foods EXCEPT meat, poultry, and processed eggs
What acts are under the USDA - Correct Answers -Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic
Act
Food Safety Modernization Act
Aside from food, what is the FDA responsible for? - Correct Answers -Tobacco
products, dietary supplements, pharmaceutical drugs
What percentage makes a product considered not meat, and if it is what organization
does it fall under? - Correct Answers ->3% for meat and 2% for poultry FSIS
<3% for meat and 2% for poultry FDA
Who has authority over alcohol at the state level? - Correct Answers -each state has the
authority to regulate the production, sale and distribution of alcohol within its borders
Who has interstate and foreign authority over alcohol? - Correct Answers -Federal
Alcohol Administration Act (FAA)
What percent does wine have to be to not be considered by the FAA and what
organization does it fall under? - Correct Answers -<7% and Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act)
Who regulates municipal (portable) water? - Correct Answers -Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA)
Who regualtes bottled water? - Correct Answers -FDA
