The Food and Drug Administration has released the proposed rule that would end a decades-old arrangement allowing companies to introduce food ingredients into the American supply without ever telling the federal government.
The proposal, announced by the Department of Health and Human Services on Monday and published in the Federal Register the following day, would convert a voluntary notification program into a mandatory one. Under the current system, a company can convene its own panel of experts, conclude that an ingredient is Generally Recognized as Safe, and market it without filing anything with the FDA.
