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Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), food ingredients that are generally recognized as safe (GRAS) by qualified experts, (either based on scientific principles or because they have had a history of safe consumption in food) are exempt from mandatory premarket approval. Those that are not GRAS are defined as “food additives” under the FFDCA and are subject to premarket review and approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) before they can be used in food. Before any new color additive can be marketed, a manufacturer must first petition the FDA for its approval. Since enactment of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994, certain dietary ingredients used in dietary supplements are exempt from the definition of food additive and are instead subject to the provisions of DSHEA.
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Beru, N. (1999). Food Ingredients from Plant Cell and Tissue Culture. In: Fu, TJ., Singh, G., Curtis, W.R. (eds) Plant Cell and Tissue Culture for the Production of Food Ingredients. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4753-2_23
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