FSHN 125 Lecture Notes - Generally Recognized As Safe, Petroleum Product, Food Additives Amendment Of 1958
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Any chemical food additive at high enough doses will eventually cause cancer in humans or experimental animals: true, false. Caffeine is a natural toxicant in coffee, and a food additive in cola drinks; it is not a carcinogen. 10 grams caffeine (100 cups of coffee) per day will not cause cancer; but it will kill you. Explain the distinction between a food additive that is toxic *, and a food additive that. Causes cancer *; in relation to safe levels of the food additive allowed in human food. Human dose in entire diet: less than 1 ppb. A billion minutes ago, julius caesar ruled the roman empire. A billion hours ago, nothing walked on earth on two feet. Prohibits cancer-causing food additives from being added to food, if such substances. Can be detected as a residue in any edible portion of the food. Cancer causing in human or any test animal administered at high doses.
