Policing Ourselves: Is GRAS Robust Enough?

The use of the Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) process has been called into question because GRAS does not include premarket approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It may appear, on cursory inspection, that there are important differences underlying the frameworks for safety evaluation of food ingredients when comparing the GRAS process in the United States with the processes carried out in Europe by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) or globally by the Joint Expert …