Before 1906, there were no federal food safety regulations in the US. Ground Shells, Brick Dust, and BonesEuropean countries, including Britain, Germany, and France passed food safety regulations about 50 years before the US did. In some cases, food wasn’t food at all. The Future of FoodSince the start of federal food regulation, states have beefed up their policies and the food industry has adopted its own standards. It may be much rarer than it once was, but the FDA still detects unsettling instances of food contamination.