Delaney Amendment
Level 1 — Generally benignIn Winter's Dictionary
Delaney Amendment is a other — 1958 law prohibiting any cancer-causing additive in food
What it does
1958 law prohibiting any cancer-causing additive in food
Benefits
States no additive may be permitted in any amount if it produces cancer when fed to man or animals.
Regulatory status
- Notes: Repealed for pesticides in Food Quality Protection Act of 1996
Sources
- A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives (Winter): no additive may be permitted in any amount if tests show that it produces cancer when fed to man or animals