ASTA Responses to EPA Questions on ETO Reconditioning and Proposed Phase Out
This document is a letter submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in response to questions raised by the agency on the use of ETO in the reconditioning of spices. The document also comments on EPA's proposed phase out of ETO on different groups of spices.
06/28/2024 at 12:00 am
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