Food chemical regulations rely heavily on industry self-policing and lack transparency

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 13:01 in Health & Medicine

Safety decisions concerning one-third of the more than 10,000 substances that may be added to human food were made by food manufacturers and a trade association without review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), according to an analysis spearheaded by the Pew Health Group.

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