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Name: Allyson Galvin Date: 4/5/2022 The Bureaucracy of a Burger PLACE Taking a Closer Look at How the Federal Bureaucracy Governs Your Burgers! Directions : Your task is to take each component of a burger restaurant and, using the links below, research the federal agencies and departments that would regulate it in some way. Use the chart on the next page to explain how each component of the burger restaurant is regulated by the agency and/or department. Your answers may be typed. Internet Resources: The links below will assist you in determining how each federal agency and/or department regulates each taco truck component: ● Restaurant Regulations o COMPLETED FOR YOU AS AN EXAMPLE ON THE NEXT PAGE ● Buns o https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/CID%20Rolls%2C%20Bread%2C%20Fresh %20or%20Frozen.pdf ● Burger Meat o https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/CID%20Beef%20Patty%20Products%2C%2 0Fully%20Cooked%2C%20Individually%20Quick%20Frozen.pdf ● Lettuce o https://www.fda.gov/downloads/Food/GuidanceRegulation/UCM169008.pdf ● Tomato o https://www.ams.usda.gov/grades-standards/tomato-grades-and-standards ● Cheese o https://www.ams.usda.gov/grades-standards/bulk-american-cheese-grades-and-standards ● Ketchup o https://www.today.com/food/what-fancy-ketchup-it-actually-better-regular-ketchup-t144019 o https://www.ams.usda.gov/grades-standards/tomato-catsup-grades-and-standards ● Fries o https://www.ams.usda.gov/grades-standards/frozen-french-fried-potatoes-grades-and-standards ● Milkshakes o https://www.ams.usda.gov/grades-standards/ice-cream o https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=135.110

o https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/mars-faqs/what-are-milk-classes-under-federal-milk-order- system Ingredients Restaurant Regulations Department/Organization: Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Regulatory Oversight: Regulations and permits; food safety and inspection; food handling, preparation, and storage Buns Department/Organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture Regulatory Oversight: administer programs for fair marketing of U.S. agricultural products like food, fiber, and specialty crops; controls marketing and distribution from each supplier. Burger Meat Department/Organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture Regulatory Oversight: specifies regulations for preparation of raw ingredients, classifies meat, as well as stating the requirements for purchasers of meat should specify. Lettuce Department/Organization: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Regulatory Oversight: List the procedures for removing contaminated lettuce, warn against food related pathogens, state rules for production, packing, and distribution of lettuce, as well as specify the water and different aspects necessary for use in order to clear requirements of selling the lettuce. Tomato Department/Organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture Regulatory Oversight: Detail instructions and standards for inspection as well as the selling of tomatoes and determine the consumer and U.S. Grade standards for tomatoes. Cheese Department/Organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture Regulatory Oversight: State the requirements for U.S. standard, commercial, and extra grade cheese, as well as detailed procedures and requirements for inspection. Ketchup Department/Organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture Regulatory Oversight: Specify the requirements for A,B, and C grade ketchup, list the color standards as well as methods of analysis for tomato products, and determine the inspection process for ketchup. French Fries Department/Organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture Regulatory Oversight: List the Requirements for U.S. Grade A and B french fries, list the color standard for fries, determine the inspection process, and create the sampling manual for fries because french fries need to be complicated. Milkshakes Department/Organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture Regulatory Oversight: List the weight percentages of milk fat and milk solid for ice cream, determine the weight limit of each component of milk per gallon, and approve of ingredients and stabilizers in ice cream, as well as listing the standards of inspection.