GRAS

The term GRAS refers to "generally regarded as safe," the moniker the FDA uses to regulate food additives, dyes, and preservatives.

Our Deadly, Daily Chemical Cocktail 2011

So, we retest, we do validation, we do potency determinations and then we get into a cyclic process, where we optimize the chemistry and do a lot of relevant work to finally produce a development compound, which we put through safety testing, application and process testing, and human taste testing to produce ultimately what we call a GRAS documentation package.

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"GRAS" - generally regarded as safe and suited for any home or foodservice kitchen use (in either water-white liquid or snow-white solid form) especially in low-to-medium heat cooking, baking, sautéing or garnishing vegetable salads

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You know, what's interesting, as I started to investigate this is that you have this whole list of substances by the FDA that are called GRAS substances, G-R-A-S meaning generally regarded as safe.

CNN Transcript Jul 17, 2009 2009

The law at that time decided that all existing food additives were generally recognized as safe (known as GRAS) and no exposure standard was developed.

Exposure standards and guidelines 2007

Salt has escaped federal regulatory action because it is classified as GRAS, or "generally recognized as safe."

RutlandHerald.com 2010

Even if there was no contradictory research, the levels that the US Government sets for some meats as "GRAS" (generally regarded as safe) are not thoroughly tested and are unacceptably high to many other countries, including the European Union.

Meathead Goldwyn: Meathead To Go Meatless: Call Me Potatohead Meathead Goldwyn 2010

Even if there was no contradictory research, the levels that the US Government sets for some meats as "GRAS" (generally regarded as safe) are not thoroughly tested and are unacceptably high to many other countries, including the European Union.

Meathead Goldwyn: Meathead To Go Meatless: Call Me Potatohead 2010

Among many recommendations, the report states that the FDA should target salt's "GRAS" (Generally Recognized As Safe) status and limit how much can be in certain foods, before lowering it as part of a "step-down" process.

ConsumerFreedom.com Headlines 2010

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as "GRAS" or "generally recognized as safe" for food and beverage contact.

Glass Container Industry Releases Comprehensive Cradle-to-Cradle LCA -- ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- 2010