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Trainman News
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
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Rep. A. L. Miller (R-Neb.) introduces bill to amend food, drug, and cosmetic act for pre-testing chemical additives in food to ensure safety, addressing FDA's current limitations. Bill referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. President Eisenhower previously endorsed similar measure.
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By Mary Sheridan
Vitally needed for the protection of public health is the legislative authority of the Food and Drug Administration to keep off the market foods containing chemical preservatives or "additives" until they are known to be safe for human consumption. President Eisenhower, you may remember, endorsed this step in his State of the Union message to Congress.
As matters now stand, the FDA has to prove that a food product containing chemicals is harmful before it can remove the food from grocery and warehouse shelves. It's estimated that of the 700 different chemicals now being used in food, more than a third aren't definitely known to be safe.
A bill just introduced in Congress by Rep. A. L. Miller (R-Neb) would amend the food, drug and cosmetic act to provide for regulation of chemical additives in food, to insure that the additives have been adequately pre-tested and declared safe. The bill has been referred to the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
"There is always a certain unscrupulous group who would cut corners so they could put their product on the market at a cut rate," Miller said.
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the bill has been referred to the house committee on interstate and foreign commerce.
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Vitally needed for the protection of public health is the legislative authority of the Food and Drug Administration to keep off the market foods containing chemical preservatives or "additives" until they are known to be safe for human consumption. President Eisenhower endorsed this step in his State of the Union message to Congress. As matters now stand, the FDA has to prove that a food product containing chemicals is harmful before it can remove the food from grocery and warehouse shelves. It's estimated that of the 700 different chemicals now being used in food, more than a third aren't definitely known to be safe. A bill just introduced in Congress by Rep. A. L. Miller (R-Neb) would amend the food, drug and cosmetic act to provide for regulation of chemical additives in food, to insure that the additives have been adequately pre-tested and declared safe. "There is always a certain unscrupulous group who would cut corners so they could put their product on the market at a cut rate," Miller said.