FDA Ban On Flavoring Ingredients Should Prompt Removal From Fragrances – WVE
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
The battle between hazard and risk ideologies goes on as NGO Women’s Voices for the Earth calls for the removal of five fragrance ingredients from personal-care products that FDA recently – if reluctantly – struck from its list of approved food additives. The agency maintains the substances pose no risk to public health.
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