Section 170.30 - Eligibility for classification as generally recognized as safe (GRAS)

7 Citing briefs

  1. McGee v. Diamond Foods, Inc.

    REPLY to Response to Motion re MOTION to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim

    Filed December 15, 2014

    This is a distinction without a difference, as the trans fat in the Popcorn Products indisputably achieved GRAS status through “[g]eneral recognition of safety through experience based on common use in food prior to January 1, 1958.” 21 C.F.R. § 170.30 (c)(1), (d) (1997); 78 F.R. 67169-01, at 67170-67171. 3.

  2. Health Science Funding, LLC v. the United States Food & Drug Administration et al

    MEMORANDUM in Opposition

    Filed July 22, 2013

    Neither of these exhibits establishes that plaintiff’s DHEA product is generally recognized as safe. See 21 C.F.R. § 170.30. Case 2:13-cv-03663-CCC-MF Document 10 Filed 07/22/13 Page 31 of 36 PageID: 241 27 IV.

  3. Chacanaca et al v. The Quaker Oats Company

    MOTION to Dismiss Notice of Motion and Motion And Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Amended Consolidated Complaint

    Filed October 14, 2011

    The GRAS designation “may be based only on the views of experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate the safety of substances directly or indirectly added to food.” 21 C.F.R. § 170.30(a). Listing a food additive as GRAS means there is “reasonable certainty in the minds of competent scientists that the substance is not harmful under its intended conditions of use,” id.

  4. Guttmann v. Nissin Foods (U.S.A.) Company, Inc.

    MOTION to Dismiss Class Action Complaint Pursuant to Rules 12

    Filed March 19, 2015

    3 Under both FDA and USDA regulations, TFAs may be included in food products because they are “Generally Recognized as Safe” (“GRAS”). 21 C.F.R. § 170.30(c)(1) (1993); see, e.g., 21 C.F.R. §§ 184.1555(c)(2), 184.

  5. S.F., as Parent and Natural Guardian of S.E.F., an Infant v. Archer-Daniels-Midland Company et al

    RESPONSE in Support re MOTION TO DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM Reply Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion to Dismiss

    Filed November 1, 2013

    (Resp. at 14.) The FDA based its affirmation not on 30-year- Case 1:13-cv-00634-WMS Document 39 Filed 11/01/13 Page 13 of 16 10 old secret documents, but on “the views of experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate the safety of substances directly ... added to food.” 21 C.F.R. § 170.30(a). Those experts evaluated the “probable consumption of the substance,” the “cumulative effect of the substance in the diet,” and “[s]afety factors.” Id. § 170.3(i)(1), (2), (3).

  6. Health Science Funding, LLC v. the United States Food & Drug Administration et al

    REPLY BRIEF to Opposition to Motion

    Filed August 12, 2013

    172); (2) a color additive used in accordance with the color additive regulations (see 21 C.F.R. pts. 73 and 74); (3) a substance that is generally recognized, by qualified experts, to be safe under the conditions of its intended use (Generally Recognized As Safe, GRAS) (see 21 C.F.R. § 170.30 and 21 U.S.C. § 321(s)); or (4) a substance that is authorized by a prior sanction issued by FDA (see 21 C.F.R. § 170.3(l)).

  7. Chacanaca et al v. The Quaker Oats Company

    MOTION to Dismiss Notice of Motion and Motion And Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Consolidated Complaint

    Filed July 29, 2011

    22(i).................................................................................................................9, 10 Case5:10-cv-00502-RS Document98 Filed07/29/11 Page5 of 23 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 iv NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION AND MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS CONSOLIDATED COMPLAINT, CASE NO. 5:10-CV-00502-RS 21 C.F.R. § 101.81(c)(2)..............................................................................................................7, 8 21 C.F.R. § 170.30 ........................................................................................................................15 75 Fed. Reg. 76526 (Dec. 8, 2010) ................................................................................................15 Guidance for Industry: A Labeling Guide for Restaurants and Other Retail Establishments Selling Away-From-Home Foods, § III Nutrition Labeling of Restaurant Foods, ¶¶ 40-41, 45-46, 55, 60, Food and Drug Administration (Apr. 2008)....................................6 Health Claim Notification for Whole Grain Foods with Moderate Fat Content, FDA (Dec. 9, 2003), http://www.fda.gov/Food/ LabelingNutrition/LabelClaims/FDA ModernizationActFDAMAClaims/ucm073634.