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  2. Generally recognized as safe - Wikipedia

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    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 by new standards. [1] [3] The FDA list of GRAS notices is updated approximately each month, as of 2021. [4]

  3. How the FDA allows companies to add secret ingredients ... - AOL

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    The FDA's regulatory powers expanded in 1938 with the passage of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, and a 1958 amendment divided food ingredients into two categories: additives that must be assessed ...

  4. List of food additives - Wikipedia

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    Additives are used for many purposes but the main uses are: Acids Food acids are added to make flavors "sharper", and also act as preservatives and antioxidants. Common food acids include vinegar, citric acid, tartaric acid, malic acid, folic acid, fumaric acid, and lactic acid.

  5. Food Additives Amendment of 1958 - Wikipedia

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    Food Additives Amendment of 1958; Long title: An Act to protect the public health by amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the use in food of additives which have not been adequately tested to establish their safety. Nicknames: Delaney clause (referring to part of the amendment) Enacted by: the 85th United States ...

  6. FDA may finally ban artificial red food dye from foods - AOL

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    The FDA lacks a formal way to review substances that are already in the food supply — known as a post-market review — which could allow unsafe additives to linger in the food system even as ...

  7. FDA's 'hands-off approach' to additives may allow unsafe ...

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    The Food and Drug Administration’s “hands-off approach” to food additives, including those found in ultraprocessed foods and energy drinks, may allow unsafe ingredients to enter the nation ...

  8. Regulation of food and dietary supplements by the U.S. Food ...

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    Substances which the FDA regulates as food are subdivided into various categories, including foods, food additives, added substances (man-made substances which are not intentionally introduced into food, but nevertheless end up in it), and dietary supplements. The specific standards which the FDA exercises differ from one category to the next.

  9. Food additive - Wikipedia

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    To regulate these additives and inform consumers, each additive is assigned a unique number called an "E number", which is used in Europe for all approved additives.This numbering scheme has now been adopted and extended by the Codex Alimentarius Commission as the International Numbering System for Food Additives (INS) to internationally identify all additives (INS number), [3] regardless of ...