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US Congress HR8518

A bill to direct an 18 month review and evaluation of all available information respecting the toxicity and carcinogenicity of food additives, including information respecting the ability to predict the effect on humans of food additives found to cause cancer in animals and whether there should be a weighing of risks and benefits in making regulatory decisions respecting such additives; to prohibit the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from taking certain action restricting the continued use of saccharin as a food, drug, and cosmetic for 18 months; and to authorize the Secretary during those 18 months to require, in retail stores and in advertising, warning notices respecting the potential health risks presented by the use of saccharin.