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not generally recognized as safe [1 record]

Record 1 2017-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Additives
  • Regulations and Standards (Food)
CONT

Not generally recognized as safe, including food substances that were not used as food in the USA before January 1, 1958; and/or foods for which no recognition of safety based on scientific procedures exists yet. This also includes processes and breeding/selection applied to GRAS [generally recognized as safe] substances so that the characteristics (e.g. composition, levels of toxicants) are changed, such as extracts, isolates, distillates, and reaction products of GRAS substances, as well as synthetic analogues of GRAS substances of biological origin.

Key term(s)
  • not generally recognised as safe

French

Domaine(s)
  • Additifs alimentaires
  • Réglementation et normalisation (Alimentation)
CONT

[La Food and Drug Administration (FDA)] estime que les huiles partiellement hydrogénées, principale source alimentaire d'acides gras trans artificiels dans les aliments transformés, ne sont pas «généralement reconnues comme inoffensives» pour une utilisation dans les denrées alimentaires.

Spanish

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