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Depending on their use, antimicrobials or preservatives are regulated in the United States by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The use of preservatives is regulated by the EPA under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, as amended (FIFRA). This law regulates the use of all pesticides, including antimicrobials, in the USA. FIFRA was first enacted in 1947 and has been amended several times, most recently in 1988. The use of preservatives in indirect food additive situations is regulated by the FDA, operating under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). The FFDCA was first enacted in 1938 and the Food Additive Amendment was passed in 1958. The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the regulation of preservatives in the USA by the EPA, FDA, and other relative schemes.
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Burt, M.E. (1995). Regulation of preservatives in the USA. In: Morpeth, F.F. (eds) Preservation of Surfactant Formulations. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0621-4_14
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