More than half a century has passed since the first FEMA Expert Panel began a program to assess the safety of flavor ingredients for their intended use in food. Under the authority provided by the 1958 Food Additives Amendment to the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act—Public Law No. 85-929, 72 Stat. 1784 (1958), codified at 21 U.S.C. Sec. 348 (1988)—the program’s primary objective is to evaluate whether or not substances no…