Color Additives: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Eighty-sixth Congress, Second Session on H. R. 7624 ... [and] S. 2197 ...

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Considers H.R. 7624 and companion S. 2197, to amend Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to make color additives to foods, drugs, and cosmetics subject to FDA testing, inspection, and certification.
 

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Page 304 - That no additive shall be deemed to be safe if it is found to induce cancer when ingested by man or animal, or if it is found, after tests which are appropriate for the evaluation of the safety of food additives, to induce cancer in man or animal...
Page 131 - Any person who will be adversely affected by the foregoing order may at any time prior to the thirtieth day from the date of its publication in the Federal Register file with the Hearing Clerk, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Room 5440, 330 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington 25, DC, written objections thereto.
Page 204 - color additive" means a material which — (A) is a dye, pigment, or other substance made by a process of synthesis or similar artifice, or extracted, isolated, or otherwise derived, with or without intermediate or final change of identity, from a vegetable, animal, mineral, or other source, and...
Page 263 - The nutritional statements made in this advertisement have been reviewed by the Council on Foods and Nutrition of the American Medical Association and found consistent with current authoritative medical opinion.
Page 33 - ... (5) In determining, for the purposes of this section, whether a proposed use of a food additive is safe, the Secretary shall consider among other relevant factors— (A) the probable consumption of the additive and of any substance formed in or on food because of the use of the additive; (B) the cumulative effect of such additive in the diet of man or animals, taking into account any chemically or pharmacologically related substance or substances in such diet...
Page 174 - ... (B) when added or applied to a food, drug, or cosmetic, or to the human body or any part thereof, is capable (alone or through reaction with other substance) of Imparting color thereto; except that such term does not include any material which the Secretary, by regulation, determines Is used (or intended to be used) solely for a purpose or purposes other than coloring. (2) The term "color" includes black, white, and intermediate grays.
Page 38 - The legitimate object of government is "to do for the people what needs to be done, but which they cannot, by individual effort, do at all, or do so well, for themselves.
Page 105 - STATEMENT OF HON. LEONOR K. SULLIVAN, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF MISSOURI Mrs. SULLIVAN. Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee.
Page 248 - ... is administered by the Food and Drug Administration of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Page 229 - ... (1) a pesticide chemical in or on a raw agricultural commodity; or (2) a pesticide chemical to the extent that it is intended for use or is used in the production, storage, or transportation of any raw agricultural commodity...

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