FOOD CHEMISTRY
FOOD ADDITIVES AND PRESERVATIVES
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Delaney Clause
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Santa Clause
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Food Additives
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GRAS List
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Delaney Clause is a provision in the amendment named after Congressman James Delaney of New York. It said: the Secretary of the Food and Drug Administration shall not approve for use in food any chemical additive found to induce cancer in man, or, after tests, found to induce cancer in animals.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Delaney Clause, incorporated into the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act by the Food Additives Amendment of 1958, requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ban food additives which are found to cause or induce cancer in humans or animals as indicated by testing.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Delaney Clause of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, enacted in 1958, prohibits the addition to the human food supply of any chemical that had caused cancer in humans or animals.
Detailed explanation-4: -The etiology of lymphomas, leukemias and cervical cancer may be viruses. The Delaney Clause was designed to protect against these many cancer types. It was based on the hypothesis held in the 1950s that human cancers are due to environmental chemicals.