date:Feb 27, 2014
ngredient consulting firm specializing in GRAS determinations.
McQuate says the GRAS process does not leave the public overly vulnerable. He cites FDAs recent proposal to de-GRAS partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), the major source of trans fat in processed food, as a prime example of how the process does protect the public.
If FDA sees that there is an issue that adversely affects public health, even if [the substance] has previously enjoyed GRAS status, FDA does have the authority and capabi