['ae)', 'la', 'laadie', 'Saag', 'ale', 'Ti', 'ie', '‘', ' ', ' ', ' ', '.', '.', '«', 'a"', 'Other', 'countries', 'still', 'using', 'the', 'equivalent', 'of', 'the', '"no-', 'objection', 'letter"', 'approach', 'include', 'Denmark', 'and', 'Switzerland.', 'The', 'United', 'States', 'is,', 'to', 'the', 'best', 'of', 'my', 'knowledge,', 'the', 'only', 'country', 'that', 'uses', 'my', '"second', 'system,"', 'the', 'generic', 'regulations,', 'quasi-positive', 'list', 'approach.', 'In', 'the', 'next', 'section', 'of', 'this', 'paper,', 'the', 'history', 'and', 'relevant', 'main', 'characteristics', 'of', 'this', 'system', 'are', 'discussed', 'in', 'considerable', 'detail.', 'The', 'European', 'Community,', 'in', 'keeping', 'with', 'many', 'of', 'its', 'member', "countries'", 'bent,', 'e.g.,', 'Germany,', 'Holland,', 'and', 'Belgium,', 'is', 'quite', 'obviously', 'en', 'route', 'to', 'dedicated', 'use', 'of', 'the', 'third', 'system,', 'a', 'very', 'strict', 'positive', 'list', 'for', 'packaging', 'materials.', 'Despite', 'current', 'protestations,', 'it', 'is', 'my', 'belief', 'that', 'there', 'will', 'be', 'and', 'should', 'be', 'some', 'quiet', 'derogations', 'from', 'this', 'approach', 'as', 'necessity', 'demands.', 'I', 'say', 'this', 'on', 'the', 'basis', 'of', 'some', 'experience', 'with', 'all', 'three', 'systems,', 'and', 'because', 'it', 'is', 'quite', 'obvious', 'that', 'there', 'is', 'one', 'very', 'significant,', 'albeit', 'non-substantive,', 'difference', 'between', 'the', 'American', 'and', 'Canadian', 'systems,', 'and', 'that', 'of', 'the', 'EC.', 'It', 'is', 'that', 'the', 'United', 'States', 'and', 'its', 'northern', 'neighbor', 'have', 'had', 'more', 'than', '30', 'years', 'experience', 'with', 'the', 'administration', 'of', 'the', 'Food', 'Additives', 'Amendment', 'of', '1958,', 'and', 'its', 'counterpoint', '"no', 'objection', 'letter"', 'model,', 'while', 'there', 'has', 'been', 'virtually', 'no', '“field', 'experience"', 'with', 'the', 'EC', 'positive', 'lists', 'as', 'yet.', 'In', 'the', 'Western', 'Hemisphere', 'most', 'of', 'the', '"warts"', 'have', 'surfaced', 'to', 'cause', 'persistent', 'chagrin', 'and', 'frustration', 'but', 'we', 'have', 'become', 'somewhat', 'used', 'to', 'these', '"devils', 'we', 'know."', 'The', 'EC', 'system', 'remains', 'to', 'be', 'tested;', 'it', 'is', 'my', 'suspicion', 'that', 'it', 'will', 'prove', 'troublesome', 'in', 'a', 'variety', 'of', 'ways', 'that', 'will', 'require', 'changes', 'and', 'enforcement', '“adjustments.”', 'In', 'other', 'words,', 'its', 'administration', 'on', 'a', 'day-to-day', 'basis', 'is', 'likely', 'to', 'prove', 'as', 'difficult,', 'complicated,', 'and', 'glacially', 'slow', 'as', 'has', "FDA's", 'foray', 'into', 'the', 'full-scale', 'statutorily-prescribed', 'regulation', 'of', 'food', 'packaging', 'materials.', 'In', 'general,', 'it', 'is', 'my', 'opinion', 'that', 'both', 'the', 'United', 'States', 'and', 'European', 'Community', 'systems', 'are', 'inferior', 'to', 'the', 'ad', 'hoc', '"no', 'objection', 'letter"', 'approach', 'in', 'all', 'aspects', 'except', 'that', 'they', 'provide', 'written', 'ground', 'rules', 'and', 'lists', 'of', 'cleared', 'materials,', 'not', 'simply', 'the', 'unpublished', '"no', 'objection"', 'letters', 'sent', 'to', 'each', 'inquirer.', 'To', 'achieve', 'this', 'apparently', 'laudable', 'end,', 'they', 'are', 'forced', 'to', 'either', 'bring', 'into', 'play', 'all', 'sorts', 'of', 'fictions', 'and', 'legal', 'contortions', 'attendant', 'to', 'day-to-day', 'regulation,', 'or', 'to', 'employ', 'a', 'rigidity', 'that', 'defeats', 'rather', 'than', 'helps', 'accomplish', 'public', 'health', 'and', 'harmonization', 'objectives.', 'One', 'cannot', 'help', 'but', 'wonder', 'wistfully,', 'albeit', 'hopelessly,', 'whether', 'it', 'might', 'not', 'be', 'more', 'advisable', 'to', 'use', 'the', 'a@', 'hoc,', 'no', 'objection', 'letter', 'approach', 'and', 'accomplish', 'the', 'public', 'information', 'purpose', 'by', 'reporting', 'the', 'nature', 'of', 'each', 'clearance', 'and', 'its', 'limitations', 'in', 'public', 'journals', 'and', '.', 'computerized', 'information', 'systems', 'to', 'make', 'them', 'immediately', 'available', 'to', 'any', 'interested', 'party.', '-4-', ' ', 'TZOT', 'Sutzs', ' ']