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FDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmed (www.theguardian.com)
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to expand a controversial loophole to allow some of the world’s most toxic chemicals to be added directly to food without a safety review.

The “threshold of regulation” (TOR) exemption currently allows dangerous compounds to be used without review in food contact materials, such as packaging or processing equipment, if they are not carcinogenic, and are added at levels below 0.5 parts per billion (ppb).

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[–] 3 points 1 day ago

The real reason for the announcement is because it is already in our food they were just letting you know they are okay with that. Also has other poster stated they don't eat same food we do. And Trump cares nothing for his base.

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