The Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) Process for Industrial Microbial Enzymes

Rebooting the generally recognized as safe (GRAS) approach for food additive safety in the US.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has premarket review authority over food additives, but a food manufacturer may, according to the legislation, intentionally add a substance to human food or animal food without their premarket review or approval if the substance is generally recognized, among qualified experts, to be safe under the conditions of its intended use. Generally recognized a...

Report of the Expert Panel on the Generally Recognized as Safe (gras) Status of Barley Betafiber

We, the undersigned, an independent panel of recognized experts (the Expert Panel), qualified by our scientific training and relevant national and international experience in evaluating the safety of food and food ingredients, were requested by the Health and Food Technologies business unit of Cargill, Incorporated (Cargill) to determine the safety and the Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) st...

Chemoinformatic Analysis of GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) Flavor Chemicals and Natural Products

Food materials designated as "Generally Recognized as Safe" (GRAS) are attracting the attention of researchers in their attempts to systematically identify compounds with putative health-related benefits. In particular, there is currently a great deal of interest in exploring possible secondary benefits of flavor ingredients, such as those relating to health and wellness. One step in this direc...

Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) Determination for the Use of ChromaxB Chromium Picolinate as a Nutrient Supplement in Food

Generally Recognized as Safe: Uncertainty Surrounding E-Cigarette Flavoring Safety

Despite scientific uncertainty regarding the relative safety of inhaling e-cigarette aerosol and flavorings, some consumers regard the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's "generally recognized as safe" (GRAS) designation as evidence of flavoring safety. In this study, we assessed how college students' perceptions of e-cigarette flavoring safety are related to understanding of the GRAS designati...