Legal Opinion
Certified Color Industry Committee v. Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 10, 1956No. 361, Docket 23983PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, District Judge.
These are petitions to review an order of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare delisting certain coal-tar colors (FD & C Orange No. 1, Orange No. 2 and Red No. 32) manufactured by petitioners. Prior to this order the dyes in question had been certified since 1939 as “harmless” and placed on the approved list for unrestricted use in foods, drugs and cosmetics. Prompted by hearings before a Select Committee of Congress to Investigate the Use of Chemicals in Food concerning the toxicity and possible carcinogenicity of coal-tar colors, respondent conducted…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Federal Security Administrator v. Quaker Oats Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- United States v. Lexington Mill & Elevator Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Atlas Powder Co. v. Ewing, Federal Security Administrator. Glyco Products Co., Inc. v. Federal Security AdministratorCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- W. B. Wood Mfg. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1923
3Cited by3 opinions
- Florida Citrus Exchange v. FolsomCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- The Certified Color Industry Committee v. The Secretary Of Health, Education And WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- Florida Citrus Exchange v. M. B. Folsom, Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Frank R. Schell v. M. B. Folsom, Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957