SC - The Delaney Amendment (was: Islamic Alcohol?)

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

Concatenated from a couple different pages:
The Delaney Amendment to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
prohibits any residues of food additives that induce cancer in man or 
animals. It requires the same standard for pesticides if they 
concentrate in processed food above the levels found on raw 
commodities. EPA policy has been to regulate food use pesticides 
based on a "negligible risk" standard rather than the zero risk 
standard of the Delaney Amendment.

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However, there appear to be several problems in trying to enforce the 
Delaney Clause...

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This page seems to have reasonable explanation of the Delaney Clause:
HTTP://IFICINFO.HEALTH.ORG/qanda/qadelan.htm
Questions and Answers about Food Safety Reform & the Delaney Clause

It is hosted at:
http://ificinfo.health.org/
The International Food Information Council Foundation

The "about" page:
http://ificinfo.health.org/infoific.htm
says:
"Founded in 1985, the International Food Information Council (IFIC) 
is a non-profit organization whose mission is to communicate 
science-based information on food safety and nutrition to health and 
nutrition professionals, educators, government officials, journalists 
and others providing information to consumers.

Based in Washington, DC, IFIC focuses primarily on U.S. issues. It 
also participates in an informal network of independent food 
information organizations in Europe, Asia, Australia, Canada, Japan 
and Latin America. Supported primarily by the broad-based food, 
beverage and agricultural industries, it is unique in that it does 
not represent any product or company, nor does it lobby for 
legislative or regulatory action."

So they may have a certain bias (and what organization doesn't have some bias?)

Anahita al-shazhiyya