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B-204277 1 (1981-10-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkfc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: zCOMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON D.C. 20548 HRl-BILL-17 October 6, 1981 B-204277 The Honorable Richard G. Lugar United States Senate Dear Senator Lugar: As requested, we have reviewed S. 1442,i entitled Food Safety Amendments of 1981, which is intended to revise and update the Nation's food safety laws. The Amendments are aimed at improving food safety decisions by providing for (1) an assessment of health risks presented by food substances, (2) referral of food safety questions to expert scientific advisory panels and (3) authority for a flexible regulatory response based on the risks and uses associated with a substance. In response to a request from seven Members of Congress, we have substantially completed a review of issues relating to the Delaney Clause and alternatives to regulating food additives which may cause cancer. Our work, which began in April 1980, involved reviewing legis- lation, legislative histories, literature, and reports on the regulation of cancer-causing substances. We obtained information from representatives of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Environmental Protection Agency, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and Consumer Product Safety Commission. In addition, we interviewed food safety experts, including 5 former FDA Commissioners and 4 former General Counsels, 11 biomedical researchers, and representatives from 3 biomedical research organizations, 6 consumer groups, 15 food and chemical companies, and 5 trade associations. On June 23, 1981, we testified before the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture, House Committee on Agriculture, on FDA's regulation of cancer-causing substances and the Delaney Clause. As a result of our work, we concluded that the Congress should examine the continued appro- priateness of the Delaney Clause because of (1) advances in the -lo

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