Food and Color Additives : "De Minimis" and "Delaney".

Examines the Food and Drug Administration's "de minimis" policy which allows food additives to be approved if they pose only a trivial risk of inducing cancer, as opposed to the Delaney clause of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act which prohibits the use of any amount of an identified c...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1987.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Administrative law. Food additives. Risk assessment. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Examines the Food and Drug Administration's "de minimis" policy which allows food additives to be approved if they pose only a trivial risk of inducing cancer, as opposed to the Delaney clause of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act which prohibits the use of any amount of an identified carcinogen. Discusses the controversy over the scientific and legal basis for the "de minimis" policy.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.