Federal Regulation of Substances Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) and the Use of Carbon Monoxide in Packaging for Meat and Fish (RL34247) / Vanessa K. Burrows, Cynthia M. Brougher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burrows, Vanessa K., author.

Brougher, Cynthia M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Meat industry and trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (18 pages)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, 2007.

Summary:

Under the proposals, if CO is used to treat meat, poultry, or seafood that is intended for human consumption, and if the conditions of that use would affect the color of the products, CO must be treated as a color additive under FFDCA, unless the product's label includes a statement that is prominently and conspicuously placed to notify the consumer of the use of CO and to warn the consumer of pro ... FDA regulations do not require a unanimous opinion from the scientific community that a substance is GRAS under the conditions of its intended use; rather, the person seeking GRAS status "must show that there is a consensus of expert opinion regarding the safety of the use of the substance."26 However, "a severe conflict among experts regarding the safety of the use of a substance, precludes a fin ... The concept of affirming the GRAS status of substances began in 1969, when questions arose about whether cyclamate salts, a substance that had been considered GRAS, were safe because "they were implicated in the formation of bladder tumors in rats."36 The affirmation of GRAS status occurs through the notice and comment rulemaking process, in which the Commissioner publishes a notice of the propose ... The FDA has issued one of the three responses described below for most of these notices, and both a numerical and alphabetical list of notices received and agency responses can be found on the FDA's website.50 Under the notification procedure in the proposed rule, industry submits a GRAS notification to the FDA that states the company's view that the substance is GRAS. ... These notifications describe the substance that is the subject of the notice, the applicable conditions of use, and the basis for the GRAS determination, including supporting information Print.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, viewed June 9, 2023).