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.