HR 5691 · 95th Congress · Agriculture and Food
A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise the standard for regulation of food additives found to induce cancer.
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.(1977-03-29)
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Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow the use of a food additive found to induce cancer in animals if the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare determines that such food additive does not present a significant risk to human health. Directs the Secretary to consider certain factors in making such a determination. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide an opportunity for public inspection of the data used in such a determination; and (2) require labeling of the food additive or any food containing such additive stating the carcinogenic native of such additive.…
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