FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Best Practices for Convening a GRAS Panel

The Draft Guidance is intended for persons responsible for a conclusion that a substance may be used in food on the basis of the generally recognized as safe (GRAS) provision of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) when that person convenes a panel of experts (GRAS panel) to independently evaluate whether the available scientific data, information, and methods establish that the substance is safe under the conditions of its intended use in human or animal food.

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Authored by Joe Levitt and Christine Forgues.