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Regulating Carcinogens In Food: A Legislator's Guide To The Food Safety Provisions Of The Federal Food, Drug, And Cosmetic Act, Richard A. Merrill

Michigan Law Review

On March 9, 1977, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that a study in laboratory rats conducted by the Canadian government confirmed that saccharin is an animal carcinogen. For this reason, the agency stated, the sweetener must be banned from human food.

The studies which Congress mandated, to be accompanied by the recommendations of the Secretary of HEW, are likely to generate a fundamental reexamination of the nation's current food safety policies. This Article attempts to aid this inquiry by explaining the requirements of the present law. The Article describes the several statutory provisions that govern the regulation of …

Judicial Erosion Of The Rescission Right Under Truth In Lending

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Truth And Consequences, John W. Edmonds, Iii, George W. Taylor, Jr.

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Consumer Protection: Judicial Approaches To Rescission And Restoration Under The Truth In Lending Act, Janis K. Stanich

Washington Law Review

This comment will describe the statutory scheme for rescission and restoration, identify where and why interpretive problems arise, summarize the judicial approaches to these problems, and analyze those approaches in relation to the stated purposes of the Act.

Consumer Law Developments: A Note On The Impact Of Recent Federal Legislation In Nova Scotia, Hugh M. Kindred

Dalhousie Law Journal

Two years have passed since the previous comment on consumer law in this journal but surprisingly little provincial development has taken place. Consequently, this note will chiefly highlight the particular impact of changes in federal law for Nova Scotians. Provincial Activity In 1975 important additions were made to the Consumer Protection Act that were the subject of comment at the time.1 This impression of momentum created by the new department responsible for consumer affairs has disappointingly been lost. In the interim the minister has been raised to full cabinet rank and his responsibilities widened, but little reformatory legislation has been …

The Changing Face Of Broadcaster Responsibility Under The Public Interest Standard, Patrice Primiano Suberlak

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal

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Consumer Law--The Supervised Loan In West Virginia, Jon David Levy

West Virginia Law Review

The supervised (small) loan is just one piece in the patchwork of transactions characterized as consumer credit. It is designed to increase the availability of credit for consumers in a form attractive to legitimate lenders who are permitted to issue loans with a low ceiling on the maximum principal amount, and a high ceiling on the permissible rate of interest. The other primary feature of the supervised loan, in trade off to its exemption from general usury requirements, is comprehensive regulation. As a result, supervised loan legislation is uniformly characterized by scrupulous licensing and oversight requirements. The one source perhaps …

Consumer Protection And Prescription Drugs: The Generic Drug Substitution Laws, Jillena A. Warner

Kentucky Law Journal

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