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Taking a Closer Look at How the Federal Bureaucracy Governs our Pi!!a"
Background: When the executive branch of the national government was established in 1789, the federal bureaucracy consisted of just three Cabinet de artments and the !ffice of the "ttorney #eneral, later to become the $ustice %e artment&& 'he federal bureaucracy today boasts 15 Cabinet departments and dozens of agencies, regulatory commissions, and government corporations, with a civilian workforce of more than 2.8 million& 'he bureaucratic behemoth exercises ower and influence over virtually every facet of the nation(s social and economic life. )n the view of many observers, the ower, reach, and inde endence of the federal bureaucracy demand that it be viewed as a fourth branch of government& Directions: *our tas+ is to ta+e each com onent art of a home,delivered i--a and, using the lin+s below, research the federal agencies and de artments that would regulate it in some way& .se the chart on the reverse side to summari-e how each com onent art of the i--a delivery is regulated by the agency and/or de artment&

The Bureaucracy of Pizza:

Internet Resources: 'he lin+s below will assist you in determining how each federal agency and/or de artment regulates each i--a com onent: 10 Cardboard 1ox: htt ://www&fda&gov/2ood/)ngredients3ac+aging4abeling/3ac+aging2C5/ucm678177&htm 'omato 5auce: htt ://www&ams&usda&gov/":5v1&6/getfile;d%oc<ame=5'>4%>?@6168A9 Crust: htt ://as+fsis&custhel &com/cgi,bin/as+fsis&cfg/ h /enduser/stdBad & h ; BfaCid=1@@8D Bcreated=19A7@89A86D Bto view=1 Cheese: htt ://www&ams&usda&gov/":5v1&6/getfile;d%oc<ame=5'>4%>?@667786 :ushrooms: htt ://www&ams&usda&gov/":5v1&6/getfile;d%oc<ame=5'>43E%CA6A6@67 "nchovies Fseafood0: htt ://www&registrarcor &com/fda,fce,sam le/"nchovy;lang=ch 3e eroni: htt ://www&fsis&usda&gov/w s/ ortal/fsis/to ics/food,safety,education/get,answers/food,safety,fact, sheets/meat, re aration/sausages,and,food,safety/ctBindex !nions: htt ://www&ams&usda&gov/":5v1&6/getfile;d%oc<ame=5'>43E%CA6A6@11 %elivery ?ehicle: htt ://www&e a&gov/air/caa/title9&htmlGiia Fbrowse to find s ecific information on automobiles0 %iet 5oda: htt ://www&rense&com/general@@/legal&htm

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RE!E"AN #EDERA! DEPAR MEN and$or A%ENC& ' E(P!ANA ION I ) RE%*!A OR& O"ER)I%+ O# PIZZA COMPONEN %e artment/!rgani-ation: How it Eegulates:

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'omato 5auce

%e artment/!rgani-ation: How it Eegulates:

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Crust

%e artment/!rgani-ation: How it Eegulates:

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Cheese

%e artment/!rgani-ation: How it Eegulates:

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:ushrooms

%e artment/!rgani-ation: How it Eegulates:

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"nchovies

%e artment/!rgani-ation: How it Eegulates:

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3e eroni

%e artment/!rgani-ation: How it Eegulates:

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!nions

%e artment/!rgani-ation: How it Eegulates:

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%elivery ?ehicle

%e artment/!rgani-ation: How it Eegulates:

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%iet 5oda

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,uestions for Reflection 1) What generalizations can you make about the bureaucracy of pizza i.e. how involved are federal agencies and departments in the take out and frozen pizza that you eat

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What are the advantages and disadvantages to consumers of pizza "like you) of federal rules and regulations What are some advantages and disadvantages for pizza businesses

-e Bureaucracy and t-e ederal !egister 'he de artments and agencies in the federal bureaucracy exercise immense ower by ma+ing and im lementing olicy& Congress -as delegated to t-e de.art/ents and agencies t-e 0uasi1legislati2e .o3er of issuing rules and regulations t-at -a2e t-e force of la34 1ecause the regulations issued by the federal bureaucracy have the otential to affect every social and economic interest in the nation, Congress reCuires that ro osed regulations, their justification, and the rocess used to formulate them be ublished in the ederal !egister& #enerally, a ro osed regulation does not ta+e effect for thirty days after it is ublished in the ederal !egister& %uring that eriod, concerned arties can ex ress su ort or o osition to the ro osed regulation& 10 <avigate to the 3ro osed Eule for the >limination of the 3i--a 5tandard that a eared in the #ederal $egister on 2riday, <ovember 9, 9661& What is the ur ose of the ro osed rule;

What federal de artment and/or agency is ro osing the rule;

What motivated this de artment or agency to ro ose the rule;

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<avigate to the letter submitted by the National #ro5en Pi55a Institute F<23)0 and the letter submitted by )c-3an6s )ales Enter.rises7 Inc4 with regard to the ro osed rule change& %escribe the .ositions of the National #ro5en Pi55a Institute 8N#PI9 and )c-3an6s on the ro osed rule change&

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What is the National #ro5en Pi55a Institute; %escribe the relationshi that exists between the <23) and com anies li+e 5chwan(s&

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Eead the I5.::"E*J section of the 2ederal Eegister entry from $uly @1, 966@, %efinitions and 5tandards of )dentity or Com osition: >limination of the 3i--a with :eat or 5ausage 5tandards and answer the following Cuestions: %id the rule change ass;

%o you thin+ that the <23) was leased with the outcome; Why; What was at sta+e for its members;

BON*) 8if ti/e left9: Eead 'he 4atest 5ymbol of #overnment Waste: 3i--a& Why were these :embers of Congress u set at the bureaucracy; Who should they really blame for the roblem they decry Fs ea+ out against0;