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 PUBLIC LAW 9 5 - 2 0 3 — N O V. 23, 1977

91 STAT. 1451

Public Law 95-203 95th Congress An Act To require studies concerning carcinogenic and other toxic.sul)stauces in food, the regulation of such food, the Impurities in and toxicity of saccharin, and the health benefits, if any, resulting from the use of nonnutritive sweeteners; to prohibit for 18 months the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from taking certain action restricting the continued use of saccharin as a food, drug, and cosmetic; to require certain labels and notices for foods containing saccharin; and for other purposes.

Be It enacted by the Senate and House of RepresentatireH of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Saccharin Study and Labeling Act". SEC. 2. (a)(1) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "Secretary") shall arrange, in accordance with subsection (b), for the conduct of a study, based on available information, of— (A) current technical capabilities to predict the direct or secondary carcinogenicity or other toxicity in humans of substances which are added to, become a part of, or naturally occur in, food and which have been found to cause cancer in animals; (B) the direct and indirect health benefits and risks to individuals from foods which contain carcinogenic or other toxic substances; (C) the existing means of evaluating the risks to health from the carcinogenicity or other toxicity of such substances, the existing means of evaluating the health benefits of foods containing such substances, and the existing statutory authority for, and appropriateness of, weighing such risks against such benefits; (D) instances in which requirements to restrict or prohibit the use of such substances do not accord with the relationship between such risks and benefits; and (E) the relationship between existing Federal food regulatory policy and existing Federal regulatory policy applicable to carcinogenic and other toxic substances used as other than foods. (2) The Secretary shall arrange, in accordance with subsection (b), for the conduct of a study to determine, to the extent feasible— (A) the chemical identity of any impurities contained in commercially used saccharin, (B) the toxicity or potential toxicity of any such impurities, including their carcinogenicity or potential carcinogenicity in humans, and (C) the health benefits, if any, to humans resulting from the use of nonnutritive sweeteners in general and saccharin in particular. (b)(1) The Secretary shall first request the National Academy of Sciences (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Academy"), acting through appropriate units, to conduct the studies, required by subsection (a), under an arrangement whereby the actual expenses incurred by the Academy directly related to the conduct of such studies will be paid by the Secretary. If the Academy agrees to such request, the Secretary shall enter into such an agreement with the Academy.

Nov. 23, 1977 [S. 1750]

Saccharin Study and Labeling Act. 21 USC 301 note. Study. 21 USC 343 note.

National Academy of Sciences, conduct of studies. Agreement.

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