date:Mar 18, 2014
really is, it cant be generally recognized.
FDAs Clarification
In an email exchange, a FDA spokeswoman clarified that a manufacturer may be able to make a GRAS determination and maintain non-critical trade secrets information for that substance:
If the companys trade secret information is critical to its GRAS determination, then the use of the ingredient is not eligible to be GRAS. . . . If the companys trade secret information is not critical to its GRAS determination, then the use of the