date:Aug 25, 2016
tance is safe, and then may decide whether or not to submit a GRAS notification to the FDA.
This is where the break in accountability occurs. According to Leltner et al., there are likely over 1,000 secret GRAS substances, the safety of which is determined by the manufacturing company and has never been reported to or affirmed by the FDA. Of those GRAS notifications that do make their way to the FDA, the odds of a GRAS determination are in the food industrys favor, seeing as the FDA has only re