217.045 Unsafe food additives

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KY Code › Title XVIII › Chapter 217 › Section 217.045

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217.045 Unsafe food additives.

Any poisonous or deleterious substance added to any food except where such substance is

required in the production thereof or cannot be avoided by good production or

manufacturing practice shall be deemed to be unsafe for purposes of the application of

KRS 217.025(1)(b), unless a tolerance for such substance has been prescribed under the

federal act or the Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act of 1972 and the quantity

of such substance in or on the food is within the tolerance so prescribed or the substance

has been exempted from the requirement of a tolerance under the provisions of the federal

act or the Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act of 1972.

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