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Groups Sue to Force FDA to Act on Chemical in Food Packaging

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2016.  The Natural Resources Defense Council and Center for Food Safety, on behalf of themselves and four other public health and environmental organizations, sued the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday to force it to act on a petition to ban perchlorate in food packaging.  The groups filed the petition in December 2014.  The agency missed a June 2015 deadline to respond to the petition.

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Co-petitioners include Breast Cancer Fund, Center for Environmental Health, Center for…

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