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21 Food Drug Cosm. L.J. 647 (1966)
The Packaging Industries and the Food Additives Amendment of 1958 - It's Time for a Change in the Law

handle is hein.journals/foodlj21 and id is 673 raw text is: The Packaging Industries and the Food Additives Amendment of 1958-It's Time for a Change in the Law By JEROME H. HECKMAN The Following Article Was Presented at the American Chemi- cal Society Symposium on Safety Evaluation of Coatings and Plastics for Food Packaging in New York City on September 14, 1966. At the Time of Presentation It Was Entitled Legal Status of Coatings and Plastics for Food Packaging. Mr. Heckman Is with Keller and Heckman of Washington, D. C. M Y PRIMARY AIM WILL BE to give you one lawyer's view of the impact of present Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation on those who manufacture and sell food packaging ma- terials and food processing equipment, or components thereof.' This- paper is a critique. It takes direct issue with the concept of the Food Additives Amendment of 1958 as it relates to packaging ma- terials. Further, it poses the question of whether or not far too much government and industry time, and scientific attention, is being di- verted from true public health problem areas by an unnecessarily restrictive and complex regulatory scheme for passing on the safety of packaging materials components. Since the area of regulation at hand has its genesis in the Food Additives Amendment of 1958-the only law Congress has thus far passed giving the Food and Drug Administration direct regulatory ' In the remainder of this paper, what is said about packaging materials reference is made only to packaging regulation is applicable to the regula- materials in most instances. This is tion of processing equipment where simply a shorthand device; it is to be food contact is anticipated. understood that, with rare exceptions, PACKAGING INDUSTRIES AND FOOD ADDITIVES AMENDMENT PAGE 647

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