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CFSAN/Office of Food Additive Safety
September 2007
The Division of Petition Review (DPR) is located within FDA's Office of Food Additive Safety. DPR's primary responsibility is overseeing the premarket review of food additives that have a technical effect in food. In addition, DPR is also responsible for managing the safety review of new color additives to be used in food, cosmetics, drugs, and medical devices.
To accomplish its regulatory responsibilities, DPR is comprised of consumer safety officers (CSOs), review chemists, and review toxicologists. The CSOs are responsible for managing the review of petitions and serve as the petitioners' point-of-contact with the agency. The CSOs are also responsible for answering inquiries on food and color additives and responding to FOIA requests on these substances. The review chemists and toxicologists are responsible for the evaluation of scientific data submitted in petitions and other submissions assigned to DPR.
Listings of the petitions completed each year since 2000 are maintained on the Internet with links to the Federal Register documents. The current year, 2007 is updated as final rules are published in the Federal Register. Final rules and Petition information issued from 2000 to present are also available.
