date:Aug 08, 2013
consulting firms hired by manufacturers.
Another 64 percent were submitted by food safety expert panels whose members were picked by either manufacturers or consulting firms to evaluate the additive. None of the panels, which included an average of four people, were selected by third parties, the study found.
Neltner's study also found that 10 experts served on 27 or more panels. One of them was a member of 128 panels, about 44 percent of the total.
The Grocery Manufacturers Association, a tr