title: Current carcinogen perspectives: De minimis, Delaney and decisions.
abstract: Advances in analytical chemistry, as applied to foods, as well as further investigations of the role of essential trace elements, constituents of natural products, and metabolic processes, have all shown that the Delaney clause of the 1958 Food Additives Amendment is an anachronism. Although the limitations of this clause are now known, prospects for its deletion are not very promising.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cancer Etiology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Weisburger
mesh_terms: D002273:Carcinogens; D005503:Food Additives; D006801:Humans; D007881:Legislation, Food; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D005503:Food Additives