FDA releases updates on post-market assessment of certain food ingredients
USA
Jul 13, 2023
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a public inventory of certain food ingredients that the agency has determined to have unsafe uses in food because they are unapproved food additives and lists of select chemicals currently under the agency’s review. The FDA has also released a Conversations with experts about the agency’s work to enhance the assessment of ingredients in foods on the market. These resources are intended to provide more insight on the FDA’s post-market assessments.
In addition to the FDA’s pre-market programs, the agency’s active post-market monitoring of new safety information related to food ingredients is also essential to the safety of the U.S. food supply. Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic (FD&C) Act, any ingredient used or intended for use in food must be authorized by the FDA for use as a food additive unless that use is Generally Recognized As Safe or GRAS by qualified experts or meets a listed exception to the food additive definition in the FD&C Act. An unapproved food additive is deemed to be unsafe under the FD&C Act.
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