title: Change the rules for food additives.
abstract: The Delaney clause, embodied in US legislation in 1958, prohibits the addition to food of any level of any carcinogen. This position cannot be sustained in the face of progress in understanding chemically induced cancer.
authors.affiliation: Zeneca's Central Toxicology Laboratory, Alderley Park, Cheshire, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ashby
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000592:standards* / Q000633:toxicity; D005503:Food Additives / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007881:Legislation, Food; D009153:Mutagens / Q000633:toxicity; D012377:Rodentia; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D005503:Food Additives; D009153:Mutagens