FDA Issues a Final Rule on Substances Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) for Their Intended Use in Animal Food

FDA Issues a Final Rule on Substances Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) for Their Intended Use in Animal Food

August 18, 2016, Covington Alert

Nineteen years after first publishing its proposal, FDA published in yesterday’s Federal Register its final rule on substances generally recognized as safe (GRAS) for their intended use in human and animal food. This Alert addresses the final rule as it applies to food for animals. For an analysis of how the final rule will affect human food, see our Alert “FDA Issues a Final Rule on Substances Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) for Their Intended Use in Food.”