Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (chemical Additives in Food): Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Eighty-fourth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 4475, a Bill to Protect the Public Health by Amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act So as to Provide for the Safety of Chemical Additives to Food ; H.R. 7605, H.R. 7606, H.R. 8748, Bills to Protect the Public Health by Amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to Prohibit the Use in Food of New Food Additives which Have Not Been Adequately Tested to Establish Their Safety; H.R. 7607, H.R. 7764, H.R. 8271, H.R. 8375, Bills to Amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for the Protection of the Public Health, by Prohibiting New Food Additives which Have Not Been Adequately Pretested to Establish Their Safe Use Under the Condition of Their Intended Use. January 31, February 1, 2, 3, and 14, 1956

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Considers legislation to require pretesting of new chemical additives used in foods.
 

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Side 203 - new drug" means — (1) Any drug (except a new animal drug or an animal feed bearing or containing a new animal drug) the composition of which is such that such drug is not generally recognized, among experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate the safety and...
Side 127 - ... (5) if it is, in whole or in part, the product of a diseased animal or of an animal which has died otherwise than by slaughter; or (6) if its container is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render the contents injurious to health.
Side 14 - A food shall be deemed to be adulterated— (a) (1) If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious to health; but in case the substance is not an added substance such food shall not be considered adulterated under this clause if the quantity of such substance in such food does not ordinarily render it injurious to health...
Side 11 - ... (B) if it is a raw agricultural commodity and it bears or contains a pesticide chemical which is unsafe within the meaning of section 408 (a...
Side 19 - Sciences shall designate a member of the advisory committee to appear and testify at any such hearing with respect to the report and recommendations of such committee upon request of the Secretary, the petitioner, or the officer conducting the hearing : Provided, That this shall not preclude any other member of the advisory committee from appearing and testifying at such hearing.
Side 104 - ... unwarranted by the facts to the extent that the facts are subject to trial de novo by the reviewing court.
Side 96 - all such products found to be sound, healthful, and wholesome, and which contain no dyes, chemicals, preservatives, or ingredients which render such meat or meat food products unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or unfit for human food ; and said inspectors shall label, mark, stamp, or tag as
Side 7 - The using by any person to his own advantage, or revealing, other than to the Secretary or officers or employees of the Department, or to the courts when relevant in any judicial proceeding under this Act, any information acquired under authority of section 404, 505, 506, 507, or 704 concerning any method or process which as a trade secret is entitled to protection.
Side 20 - The members shall not be subject to any other provisions of law regarding the appointment and compensation of employees of the United States. The Secretary shall furnish the committee with adequate clerical and other assistance, and shall by rules and regulations prescribe the procedure to be followed by the committee.
Side 20 - There are hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

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