In 1958, the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) was amended to include a clause which essentially banned the use of food additives and pesticides which were shown to cause cancer in humans or animals. The Delaney Clause was contained in Section 409 [348(c)(3)(A)] of the FD&C ...
The Delaney Clause of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, enacted in 1958, prohibits the addition to the human food supply of any chemical that had caused cancer in humans or animals. The aim was to prevent cancer in humans. The scientific knowledge on causes of cancer and mechanisms...
Flieger, Ken
Debates on the interpretation of the Delaney clause in the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) enacted in 1958. Court interpretation of the clause; Effect of the court's interpretation on food supply; Reform of pesticide regulation as a r...
The article discusses the shortcomings of the Delaney clause, section 409 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. This act forbids the government approval of any additive to food, or any pesticide residue, that has produced cancer in laboratory animals. The ...
Waiting for Delaney. (Delaney Clause of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act)Kushner, Gary JayFarber, Ken
The article discusses the shortcomings of the Delaney clause, section 409 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. This act forbids the government approval of any additive to food, or any pesticide residue, that has produced cancer in laboratory animals. The trouble with the act is that ...
Focuses on the possible elimination of by the US Congress of a Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act amendment authored by James J. Delaney in 1958 which banned any carcinogenic food additives from foods and beverages. Importance of the Delaney clause according to an article in `Pure Facts' newsletter;...
food lawadministrative lawPublished when the author was a Food and Drug Law Institute Scholar, this article analyzes the Delaney Clause in the Food Drug Cosmetic Act, which prohibits the approval by the FDA of food and color additives for use in the food supply and cosmetics industry if shown...
1 The FDCA provides guidelines for regulating adulterated and misbranded foods and drugs. The FDAMastrostefano, Sherry BoothGeo.wash.l.revSherry Booth Mastrostefano."The Delaney Clause:Still No‘De Minimis’Exception". Geo.Wash.L.Rev . 1989...