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                Food Ingredients & Packaging

Food Ingredients & Packaging

                        Determining the Regulatory Status of a Food Ingredient
          Food Ingredient & Packaging Inventories


                        Food Additives and GRAS Ingredients Information for Consumers
          Food Chemical Safety
          Food Ingredient & Packaging Terms
          Color Additives Information for Consumers
          Food Additives & Petitions
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Food Contact Substances Inventories

Food Contact Substances (FCS): Inventory of Effective Food Contact Substance Notifications*
	Cumulative Estimated Daily Intake (CEDI) Database for Food Contact Substances*
	Indirect Additives Used in Food Contact Substances*
	Recycled Plastics in Food Packaging*
	Threshold of Regulation (TOR) Exemptions*GRAS Substances Inventories

GRAS Notice Inventory*
	Database of Select Committee on GRAS Substances (SCOGS) Reviews*
	Enzyme Preparations Used in Food (partial list)
	Microorganisms and Microbial-Derived Ingredients that are Used in Food (partial list)Food and Color Additive Petitions

Petitions Under Review or Held in Abeyance*
	Final Rules: Food Additives and Color Additives*
	Regulatory Status of Color Additives*Direct Food Additives & GRAS Substances

Substances Added to Food (formerly EAFUS)*
	Microorganisms and Microbial-Derived Ingredients that are Used in Food (partial list)
	Food Additives Status List
	Post-market Determinations that the Use of a Substance is Not GRASEnvironmental Decisions

Environmental Impact Decisions for Effective Food Contact Substances*
	Final Environmental Impact Decisions for PetitionsBiotechnology: Submissions on Bioengineered New Plant Varieties

Biotechnology Consultations on Food from GE Plant Varieties*
	New Protein Consultations Inventory*Biotechnology: Submissions on Cultured Animal Cell Foods

Human Food Made with Cultured Animal Cells Inventory*

                                                                                  Content current as of:
      09/26/2023
              
              
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		 Food & BeveragesFood Ingredients & Packaging

          
                        Determining the Regulatory Status of a Food Ingredient
          Food Ingredient & Packaging Inventories


                        Food Additives and GRAS Ingredients Information for Consumers
          Food Chemical Safety
          Food Ingredient & Packaging Terms
          Color Additives Information for Consumers
          Food Additives & Petitions
          Food Packaging & Other Substances that Come in Contact with Food Information for Consumers
          Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS)
          Packaging & Food Contact Substances (FCS)
          Irradiation of Food & Packaging
          Environmental Decisions
          Food from New Plant Varieties
          Human Food Made with Cultured Animal Cells
 
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