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    PrintThe inventory of GRAS notices provides the following information about GRAS notices filed within each year since 1998, when FDA received its first GRAS notice:

The name of the substance
	The file number (GRN No.) that FDA has assigned to the notice
	A hyperlink to the letter that FDA sent in response to the notice. The text of this link also indicates the date of the letter.The file number for each GRAS notice also serves as a hyperlink to additional information, including the following information, which FDA proposed to make readily accessible to the public:

The name of the person who made the GRAS conclusion (notifier)
	The notifier’s address
	The intended conditions of use of the substance
	The statutory basis for the GRAS conclusionAdditional information includes:

The date when FDA filed the notice
	The date when the evaluation process came to closure
	When applicable, a hyperlink to additional correspondence that FDA has issued regarding the GRAS notice
	The petition number if the substance was originally the subject of a GRAS petition
	A hyperlink to the notice itselfPersons interested in GRAS notices may request disclosable information under the Freedom of Information Act.

We will update this information approximately monthly.

**GRAS Notices Inventory**

Recently Published GRAS Notices and FDA Letters

                                                                                  Content current as of:
      09/26/2018
                  
                   
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