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Recent studies by D.J. Armstrong and co-authors add new data to life sciences findings

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, October 18th, 2009

"The Agriculture and Food Chemistry Division (AGFD) was founded in 1908 shortly after passage of the first U.S. food regulations in 1906. Modem food regulations started with the passage of the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act in 1938," researchers in the United States report.

"This Act has been amended several times to keep pace with developments in food chemistry. In 1958 the Food Additives Amendment was enacted to control substances added to food. Since 1958 scientific techniques have been developed to evaluate the safety and carcinogenicity of substances in the food supply. In the 1970s and 1980s AGFD symposia and books addressed compounds of concern in foods. In the 1990s...

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Source: Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA (2009-10-18)

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