Consumer_Issues

Consumer Issues CONSUMER ISSUES Food safety legislation was originally passed in 1906 because some food packers were putting foreign substances into food to make it last longer or to increase its bulk and weight. In 1938, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act prohibited the sale of adulterated and mislabeled food, drugs, and cosmetics in interstate commerce. In 1958, the act was again amended to address food additives, making them unlawful unless adequately shown through scientific procedures to be safe under the condition of their intended use. The toxicology testing requirements of food additives has evolved with knowledge, including testing on animals and human experience. The Delaney Clause involving test dosages of additives that may cause cancer is always interpreted to mean "zero tolerance." It offers no discretion on the part of the FDA to examine risks versus benefits. Amendments to the Delaney Clause that introduce "significant risk" into the decision making process, such as the Hatch-Wampler Bill, have been proposed. This would allow a team of scientist to evaluate the potential toxic risk of additives under normal circumstances. What standards of safety should apply and what risk levels should be accepted' Use of Alar in pesticides may cause one case of cancer product, food, drug, new, liability, drugs, damages, been, million, limits, insurance, approval, products, fda, companies, punitive, process, over, market, industry, health, consumers, consumer, average, advertising, additives, years, several, risk, result, regulation, phase, making, likely, legislation, increased