FDA working to close 'GRAS' food-additive loophole: What is it?

FDA working to close 'GRAS' food-additive loophole: What is it?

The proposal would change a decades-old policy that advocates have called a regulatory loophole, blaming it for allowing thousands of unvetted ingredients into the U.S. food supply.

FDA Moves to End Voluntary GRAS System for Food Ingredients

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed requiring food manufacturers to disclose when they determine ingredients are generally recognized as safe, or GRAS, while federal health and …