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Jon Tester: “I do not know that you can tell somebody that they can or cannot put an ingredient into food or into cosmetics or into…”

On the recordMarch 11, 2015
I do not know that you can tell somebody that they can or cannot put an ingredient into food or into cosmetics or into medicine unless you know what it is going to do.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana

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Tester emphasizes the importance of understanding ingredients before regulation.

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