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Generally Recognized as Safe

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-012192

Designation by the FDA that a chemical or substance (including certain pesticides) added to food is considered safe by experts, and so is exempted from the usual FFDCA food additive tolerance requirements.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-012192
FieldEnvironment
SubjectGeneral environmental
AbbreviationGRAS
ReferencesTerms of Environment
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-012192",
  "term": "Generally Recognized as Safe",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Designation by the FDA that a chemical or substance (including certain pesticides) added to food is considered safe by experts, and so is exempted from the usual FFDCA food additive tolerance requirements.",
  "abbreviation": "GRAS",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Terms of Environment"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/generally-recognized-as-safe/"
}

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