Protection Act 1996
Food additives
Food ingredients that are food additives are not classified as Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS). Thus, such substances can be used in food without being tested for safety or getting prior approval from the FDA.
Oxidants
According to the Delaney Clause of the Food Additives Amendment, food manufacturers cannot add a new compound to food if it causes cancer at any level of intake.
Use of the Food Amendment
The federal government's food regulatory agency cannot ban unintentional food additives from foods, even though some of these contaminants may be carcinogenic. The Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 established the safety standard of a "reasonable certainty of no harm" for pesticide residues in foods.
FDA
Chemicals