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I concur with your point, but your example is flawed. Food tasting studies are exempt from the Common Rule by 45 CFR 46.101(b)(6)(i): (b) Unless otherwise re
by desdiv 12y ago
I concur with your point, but your example is flawed. Food tasting studies are exempt from the Common Rule by 45 CFR 46.101(b)(6)(i):
(b) Unless otherwise required by department or agency heads, research activities in which the only involvement of human subjects will be in one or more of the following categories are exempt from this policy:
(6) Taste and food quality evaluation and consumer acceptance studies, (i) if wholesome foods without additives are consumed
A better example, and one that's more familiar to the HN audience, would be A/B testing of website front-ends.
- dragonwriter 12y agoThe Maryland law at issue, while it incorporates the federal rules generally by reference, also specifically disclaims any of the limitations in the federal regulations in terms of applicability in favor of making the rules applicable to all research involving human subjects without limitation.
- desdiv 12y agoMy bad; my apologies. I didn't read the article all the way through so I failed to realize that it's a Maryland law at play here. I am only familiar with the federal rules.