date:Jun 09, 2017
s used in herbicides, explosives, and rocket fuel. Those groups say that the FDAs own data shows that the chemical migrates from packaging into food. Perchlorate is added to packaging to reduce the buildup of static.
The letter states that The serious flaws in the agencys legal and scientific approach to perchlorate are numerous. The agencys decision and its underlying analysis grossly underestimated the extent to which perchlorate migrates from packaging and food handling equipment into dry fo