Feds reluctantly accept Delaney ruling. (Agricultural Department, Food and Drug Administration and Environmental Protection Agency will no longer grant pesticide-use exemptions that violate 1958 amendment to the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act) (Brief Article)

From: Science News | Date: May 15, 1993| Author: Raloff, Janet | Copyright information

Last year, a federal court revoked the Environmental Protection Agency's interpretation of the nation's food-additives law -- one involving acceptable amounts of known animal carcinogens in processed foods. On May 7, the Agriculture Department, the Food and Drug Administration, and EPA jointly stated they would yield to the court. Thus, EPA will no longer grant pesticide-use exemptions in violation of the Delaney clause.

The clause, a 1958 amendment to the Food, Drug, a...

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