Looking Back to Look Forward: A Review of FDA's Food Additives Safety Assessment and Recommendations for Modernizing its Program

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 439-453

  Maffini, Maricel V ^a   Alger, Heather M ^a   Olson, Erik D ^a   Neltner, Thomas G ^a  

^a PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREAS OF CONCERNS; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MULTI-STAKEHOLDER; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT; TOXICOLOGY TESTS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; FOOD ADDITIVES; MANUFACTURE; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

FOOD SAFETY;

EID: 84879183299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15414337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1541-4337.12020     Document Type: Article

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