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Mineral Concentrations in Animal Tissues: Certain Aspects of FDA's Regulatory Role¹

Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC 20204

Abstract

As part of this symposium on Evaluating Mineral Concentrations in Animal Tissues, some of the considerations that the Bureau of Foods of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) follows in determining acceptable concentrations of metals in foods, including those from animals, will be discussed. FDA enforces the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 together with its various amendments such as the Food Additives Amendment of 1958 and the Color Additives Amendment of 1960. Under this Act FDA is able to set guidelines for acceptable levels of certain substances considered hazardous or deleterious to human health that are found in foods that enter interstate commerce, and to regulate chemicals and substances added to food under safe conditions of use. In many cases the substances regulated are recognized as having a potential, when present in food at some high level, for producing adverse health effects in humans. The purpose of the regulations is to ensure the safety of these substances when they are present in foods.

¹ Presented at 67th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Animal Science, University of Colorado, Ft. Collins, July 28, 1975, as part of a Symposium on Evaluating Mineral Concentrations in Animal Tissues. Sponsored by the Regulatory Agency Committee, A.S.A.S. with financial assistance under Contract No. 223-75-7014 from the Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

² Division of Nutrition, Bureau of Foods.