Overview

• Consumer Information
  Selected Topics of Interest for Consumers
• Industry Information
  Frequently Asked Questions and Inventories from Program Areas

Program Areas

• Biotechnology
  Announcements, Guidance for New Protein Consultations, Listing of Completed Consultations and more
• Food and Color Additives
  Guidance for Submitting Petitions, Petitioning Q and As, Food and Color Additive Status Lists and more
• Food Contact Substances
  Guidance for Submitting Food Contact Substance (FCS) Notifications, Submission Forms, Listings of Effective FCS Notifications and more
• Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS)
  How to Submit a GRAS Notice, GRAS FAQs, Summary of GRAS Notices and other Resources
• Irradiation of Food and Food Packaging
  Information for Consumers and Industry, guidance and regulations

Guidance and Regulations

• Guidance and Reference Information for Petitions and Notifications
  Administrative, Chemistry, Environmental, Redbook 2000, Toxicology Templates
• CFR Citations and Federal Register Documents
  Code of Federal Regulations and Final Rules for Food Ingredients and Packaging

• CEDI/ADI Database
  Cumulative Estimated Daily Intake/Acceptable Daily Intakes for Food Contact Substances
• EAFUS
  Everything Added to Food in the United States
• Indirect Additives
  used in Food Contact Substances
• Select Committee on GRAS Substances
  SCOGS database

• List of Inventories
  Effective Notifications, Recently regulated Food and Color Additives and more

• Related Links
  Information from FDA, other Federal Government Agencies and non-US Government sources

• Food Ingredients and Packaging Terms
  for Approval and Notification Programs and Regulatory Submissions

• Contact Information
  for Approval and Notification Programs and Regulatory Submissions