A bill to delay any action which may be taken by the Secretary of Agriculture respecting nitrites used as a food preservative on the basis of any carcinogenic effect nitrites may be represented to have.

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

1 February 1979

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Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.

Summary

Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from taking any action under the Wholesome Meat Act or any other law to ban the sale, distribution, or use of nitrites as a food preservative solely on the basis of any carcinogenic effect they may be represented to have in humans, until three months after the submission of the results of the study required by the Saccharin Study and Labeling Act.

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/house-bill/1818
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