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CU supports petition to ban phthalates in food packaging

September 22, 2016
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Consumer Union comments in support of a petition by public interest groups asking the FDA to ban the use of 30 ortho-phthalates as indirect food additives due to the potential health problems they pose when used in food packaging materials.

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