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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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[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

rich people eat chef prepared meals not proletarian kibble

[–] WesternInfidels@feddit.online 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The example of perchlorate in the grain bags is happening at the farm or at the mill level. That's going to wind up everywhere.

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Hm, that's a good point. I guess the rich people aren't thinking about how bulk transport packaging materials are just as capable of leaching poison into their $17/lb. organic heirloom grains as they are into dollar store rice.