Food Packaging Technology Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) on “Packaging Laws & Regulations – 1”.
1. In which year was the Food and Drugs act was imposed?
a) 1880
b) 1906
c) 1954
d) 1910
Answer: b
Clarification: The 1906 Food and Drugs Act was the first time that the U.S. Government exercised the principle that it has a duty to protect public health by controlling the adulteration of food.
2. Delaney clause refers to the amendment in the Food and Drugs act.
a) True
b) False
Answer: a
Clarification: The given statement is true. In 1958, congress passed the Food Additives Amendment to the 1938 Act. Delaney clause states that no additive shall be deemed to be safe if it is found to induce cancer when ingested by man or animal, or if it is found, after tests which are appropriate for the evaluation of the safety of food additives, to induce cancer in man or animal.
3. Which of the following is the right expansion of GRAS?
a) Generally Recognized as Safe
b) Generally Recommended as Safe
c) Globally Recognized as Safe
d) Globally Recommended as Safe
Answer: a
Clarification: The term GRAS stands for Generally Recognized as Safe. It includes food ingredients as well as prior-sanctioned food ingredients.
4. Which of the following is the correct expansion of SWAMA?
a) Standard Wage and Measure Act
b) Standard Ward and Measure Act
c) Standard Weights and Meter Act
d) Standard Weights and Measures Act
Answer: d
Clarification: SWAMA stands for Standard Weight and Measure Act. This act says that the commodities to be packed for retail should be packed in standard specific quantities as given under the rule for each commodity. The units adopted are the International System of units.
5. Small weight commodities fall in Class-A under SWAMA.
a) True
b) False
Answer: a
Clarification: The given statement is true. The products with net weight or volume less than or equal to 25gm or 25cc fall under Class-A of SWAMA.
6. Liquid commodities belong to which class under SWAMA?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
Answer: a
Clarification: Liquid commodities belong to Class-B under SWAMA. All commodities whose flow properties, density or both cannot be maintained constant except with the help of considerable special technical effort, belong to Class-A.
7. In declaring the net weight of the commodity, weight of the package is not included.
a) True
b) False
Answer: a
Clarification: The given statement is true. The weight of the package is not included in the net weight of the commodity, only if-the total weight of such immediate wrappers does not exceed:
• 8%, where wrapper (primary package) is a waxed paper or any other paper, with wax or aluminium foil (under strip), or
• 6%, paper (not waxed).
8. What is the correct expansion of ASTM?
a) American Society for Tempering Machines
b) American Society for Testing & Measurements
c) American Standards for Testing of Materials
d) American Society for Testing & Materials