FDA Says Added Food Ingredients May Exceed GRAS Parameters
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
An FDA guidance says some ingredients used at high levels in food products are generally recognized as safe for their intended, traditional use. But the trend of increasing the density of ingredients “raises questions as to whether these higher levels and other new conditions of use are safe.”
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