date:Mar 18, 2014
stance is GRAS in other words, it makes a GRAS determination. And the key difference between food additives and GRAS ingredients is the availability of safety information; their safety standards are the same.
Ingredients added to food must be safe for use in food, explained a FDA spokeswoman to Food Safety News. The difference lies in the availability of the safety information; for the use of an ingredient to be GRAS, the safety information must be publicly available and there must be consensu