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86th Congress · 1959–1961
S. 79
An Act to Amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to permit the temporary listing and certification of Citrus …
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Latest action: Became Public Law No. 86-2 · March 17, 1959 Understand the measure
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Public Law 86-2
Became Public Law No. 86-2
Recorded March 17, 1959, as the clerk wrote it
Official title
An Act to Amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to permit the temporary listing and certification of Citrus Red No. 2 for coloring mature oranges under tolerances found safe by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, so as to permit continuance of established coloring practice in the orange industry pending congressional consideration of general legislation for the listing and certification of food color additives under safe tolerances
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