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  2. Unique Ingredient Identifier - Wikipedia

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    The Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII) is an alphanumeric identifier linked to a substance's molecular structure or descriptive information and is generated by the Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

  3. International Numbering System for Food Additives - Wikipedia

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    The International Numbering System for Food Additives (INS) is an international naming system for food additives, aimed at providing a short designation of what may be a lengthy actual name. [1] It is defined by Codex Alimentarius , the international food standards organisation of the World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Agriculture ...

  4. The truth about the 'inactive ingredients' in your medications

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    To arrive at their findings, researchers searched a database of about 42,000 recipes for oral medications in the U.S. and found that close to 93 percent contained at least one of 38 inactive ...

  5. International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients - Wikipedia

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    Ingredient names must comply by law with EU requirements by using INCI names. [8] The cosmetic regulation laws are enforceable for important consumer safety. For example, the ingredients are listed on the ingredient declaration for the purchaser to reduce the risk of an allergic reaction to an ingredient the user has had an allergy to before.

  6. Generally recognized as safe - Wikipedia

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    An ingredient with a GRAS designation is exempted from the usual Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) food additive tolerance requirements. [2] The concept of food additives being "generally recognized as safe" was first described in the Food Additives Amendment of 1958 , and all additives introduced after this time had to be evaluated ...

  7. Pharmaceutical formulation - Wikipedia

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    The drug must be combined with inactive ingredients by a method that ensures that the quantity of drug present is consistent in each dosage unit e.g. each tablet. The dosage should have a uniform appearance, with an acceptable taste, tablet hardness, and capsule disintegration.

  8. WHO Drug Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    If Seq1 is higher than 01 it refers to variations of that active moiety. For multi-ingredient records, Seq1=01 identifies a combination of active moieties. If Seq1 is higher than 01 it refers to variations of one or more of the active moieties in the combination. Finally, Seq2 uniquely identifies the name of the record in WHODrug.

  9. United Kingdom food information regulations - Wikipedia

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    The law in the United Kingdom on food information and labelling is multifaceted and is spread over many reforms and parliamentary acts.UK law is based on the relevant European Union rules, chiefly Regulation (EU) 1169/2011, which is implemented in the UK in the Food Information Regulations 2014, [1] the Food Information (Wales) Regulations 2014, [2] the Food Information (Scotland) Regulations ...