Grocery Manufacturers Launch Effort To Overhaul Food Ingredient Reviews

The Grocery Manufacturers Association is launching an initiative aimed at revamping safety assessments of food ingredients -- an overhaul that FDA and industry have been under pressure to undertake by consumer advocates. GMA will lead an effort to define standards for ingredient safety assessments and ensure FDA has more information about GRAS determinations via a GMA-sponsored database, the group said Wednesday (Aug. 27). GMA members pledged to “drive improvement in the GRAS assessment process” and adopted a code of practice...