Chemical Preservatives: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, House of Representatives, Eighty-fifth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 9521, a Bill to Amend Paragraph (k) of Section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as Amended, to Define the Term, Chemical Perservative, as Used in Such Paragraph. April 21 and 24, 1958U.S. Government Printing Office, 1958 - 148 pages Considers legislation to permit the use of certain pesticides as chemical preservatives on fresh fruits and vegetables without labels informing purchasers and consumers that pesticides had been added. |
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Page 134 - G of this section unless its label bears (1) the common or usual name of the food, if any there be, and (2) in case it is fabricated from two or more ingredients, the common or usual name of each such ingredient...
Page 134 - Provided, That no definition and standard of identity and no standard of quality shall be established for fresh or dried fruits, fresh or dried vegetables, or butter, except that definitions and standards of identity may be established for avocados, cantaloupes, citrus fruits, and melons.
Page 65 - While such a regulation is in effect limiting the quantity of any such substance in the case of any food, such food shall not, by reason of bearing or containing any added amount of such substance, be considered to be adulterated within the meaning of clause (1) of section 402 (a).
Page 134 - If it purports to be or is represented as a food for which a definition and standard of identity has been prescribed...
Page 50 - In carrying out the provisions of this section relating to the establishment of tolerances, the Secretary may establish the tolerance applicable with respect to the use of any pesticide chemical in or on any raw agricultural commodity at zero level if the scientific data before the Secretary does not justify the establishment of a greater tolerance.
Page 51 - ... by the Congress of the United States : Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That...
Page 119 - Warning — May be habit forming." (e) If it is a drug and is not designated solely by a name recognized in an official compendium unless its label bears (1) the common or usual name of the drug, if such there be; and (2), in case it is fabricated from two or more ingredients, the common or usual name of each...
Page 31 - ... (k) If it bears or contains any artificial flavoring, artificial coloring, or chemical preservative, unless it bears labeling stating that fact : Provided, That to the extent that compliance with the requirements of this paragraph is impracticable, exemptions shall be established by regulations promulgated by the Secretary. The provisions of this paragraph and paragraphs (g) and (i) with respect to artificial coloring shall not apply in the case of butter, cheese, or ice cream.
Page 85 - ... raw or natural state, whether or not they have been stripped of their outer leaves, waxed, prepared into fresh green salads, etc.; grains, nuts, eggs, raw milk, meats, and similar agricultural produce. It does not include foods that have been processed, fabricated, or manufactured by cooking, freezing, dehydrating, or milling.
Page 86 - ... (b) The Secretary shall promulgate regulations establishing tolerances with respect to the use in or on raw agricultural commodities of poisonous or deleterious pesticide chemicals and of pesticide chemicals which are not generally recognized, among experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate the safety of pesticide chemicals, as safe for use, to the extent necessary to protect the public health.