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HR 8137 95th Congress Agriculture and Food

A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide that if epidemiological studies show that any food additive which is found to induce cancer in animals does not induce cancer in…

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A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide that if epidemiological studies show that any food additive which is found to induce cancer in animals does not induce cancer in humans, regulations permitting the use of such additive may be issued.

Introduced: June 30, 1977 See on congress.gov
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8137: A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide that if epidemiological studies show that any food additive which is found to induce cancer in animals does not induce cancer in humans, regulations permitting the use of such additive may be issued.. 95th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/95-HR-8137/
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"H.R. 8137: A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide that if epidemiological studies show that any food additive which is found to induce cancer in animals does not induce cancer in humans, regulations permitting the use of such additive may be issued.." 95th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/95-HR-8137/.
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H.R. 8137, 95th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/95-HR-8137/.
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[H.R. 8137: A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide that if epidemiological studies show that any food additive which is found to induce cancer in animals does not induce cancer in humans, regulations permitting the use of such additive may be issued.](https://openamerica.io/bill/95-HR-8137/)
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