date:Aug 25, 2016
Rare reconsideration of GRAS status based on new evidence of harm
There are several examples of products once deemed safe that when reexamined as new information came to light, were considered harmful. While there is FDA precedent for rescinding GRAS status from certain additives that were found to be unsafe, including a cancer-causing flavoring agent, allergy inducing sulfites, and recently trans fats, the GAO found that the FDA had not adequately developed a system for reconsidering the safe