1900-1929 Food History Timeline
Peanut Butter Jelly
US vs. Barrels Alleged Apple Cider
New York Pizza
S'mores
McNary-Mapes Amendment
- The peanut butter jelly was invented in 1901.
- The first recorded inventor was Julia Davis Chandler.
- It became an instant hit with youth.
- FDA case in 1924
- Condemns misleading labeling on food
- Unsure who "invented" s'mores
- First publication of recipe was 1927, by Girl Scouts
- 1929 Amendment on FDA quality and fill of foods.
- Involved containers for canned food
- Didnt involved meats or milks.
- The "New York Pizza", is a pizza with thin, hand tossed crust, and wide cut slices.
- This style of pizza began in 1905 New York, and has remained popular in the states since.
Improved Canning
Chocolate Truffles
- The processes for canning was changed in 1920.
- This changed occurred due to botulism outbreaks
- This candy was invented in 1919.
- M. Dufour created these truffles in France, and the rest of Europe heard about it soon after.
Food and Drug Acts
The Meat Inspection Acts
- In 1906 the Food and Drug Acts, or FDA, started to pass its first laws on food.
- The first passed was to prohibit interstate commerce of mis-branded or adulterated foods and drinks.
Sherley Amendment
US vs. Lexington Mill and Elevator Company
- In 1906 a law was passed to improve meat quality.
- This law effected the sanitation of live stock, and meatpacking.
- this 1912 amendment prevents companies from labeling medicine falsely.
- First supreme court ruling in 1914 on food additives.
- Ruling foods cant be adulterated or mis-branded with additives
Candy Sales
- The sale of candy increased in 1918.
- This increase was due to the FDA allowing 80% more sugar into the candy.
Fettuccine Alfredo
Farm Life
First Certified Color Regulation
Gould Amendment
- In 1914, Alfredo Di Lelio invited this food.
- He came up with in inside his mother's restaurant.
- In 1908 half of the American population worked on farms/in the food industry
- 1907- Only seven color dyes were said to be suitable for foods.
- Only those seven colors were allowed into food.
- 1913- Food packages must be plainly labeled.
- Weight, measure, and numerical count must be included.