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Analysis v1
Strong Support
Out of all the expert panels that reviewed food safety notices for the FDA between 2015 and 2020, just seven people showed up nearly half the time—like the same few names keeping reappearing, even though there were hundreds of panels.
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Out of balance: conflicts of interest persist in food chemicals determined to be generally recognized as safe
Cross-Sectional Study
Human
2023 Sep 6A study looked at who decides if food chemicals are safe and found that just seven people were doing most of the judging—over half the time—exactly as the claim said.
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