Food Additive Safety Amendments of 1979 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem any food additive safe if the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare: (1) makes a finding based on recommendations of an advisory committee, that the public benefit from permitting the use of such additive would exceed the public risk which might result from such use; (2) gives notice in the Foreign Register of such a finding and invites public comment; and (3) issues a final order not earlier than 120 days after such publication in the Federal Register of such findings.
Specifies factors the Secretary must take into consideration when evaluating a food additive.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
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