SC - The Delaney Amendment

[Christine A Seelye-King]

Thanks, there's a lot there I will want to read up on.  As it is,
however, I'm up way too late already.  
	Christianna

On Tue, 29 Feb 2000 23:12:07 -0800 lilinah at earthlink.net writes:
> 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.
> 
> -----
> However, there appear to be several problems in trying to enforce 
> the 
> Delaney Clause...
> 
> -----
> 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
>
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