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Wikipedia -GRAS does not have much either.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRAS
GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe)
GRAS is one of four legal categories set up by Congress under the 1958 Food Additives Amendment to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act).
Summary of All GRAS Notices summary tables that provides information about GRAS notices received within each year since 1998, when FDA received its first GRAS notice.
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~rdb/opa-gras.html
Background Information for Consumers includes Food and Color Additives, Fat Substitutes (Olestra), Food Irradiation , Food Packaging, MSG (MonoSodium Glutemate), Preservatives, Sweetners and Sulfites.
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/opa-bckg.html
GRAS FAQ a list of frequently asked questions (FAQ) is intended to be a convenient place to find answers to common questions about the food ingredient classification known as "generally recognized as safe" or "GRAS."
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/grasguid.html
As listed in the GRAS FAQ under:
Partial GRAS List
16. Does FDA have a list of substances that are used in
food on the basis of the GRAS provision?
FDA has several lists of GRAS substances. Importantly, these
lists are not all-inclusive. Because the use of a GRAS substance is not
subject to premarket review and approval by FDA, it is impracticable to list
all substances that are used in food on the basis of the GRAS provision.
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21 CFR Part 182
contains the remnants of a list, which FDA established in its regulations
shortly after passage of the 1958 Food Additives Amendment. The list is
organized according to the intended use of these substances. As part of the
agency's comprehensive review of GRAS substances in the 1970s, FDA affirmed
that the use of some of the ingredients on this original GRAS list is GRAS, and
moved the affirmed uses of the substance to 21 CFR Part 184.
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21 CFR Part 184
contains a list of substances that FDA affirmed as GRAS as direct food
ingredients for general or specific uses. This list derives from the agency's
1970s comprehensive review of GRAS substances and from petitions that FDA
received to affirm the GRAS status of particular uses of some food
ingredients.
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21 CFR Part 186
contains a list of substances that FDA affirmed as GRAS for certain indirect
food uses.
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FDA's Internet
site also contains a list of substances that have been the subject of a notice
to FDA - i.e., when a firm has notified FDA about its view that a particular
use of a substance is GRAS. You can access this summary of GRAS notices, along
with FDA's response, from the GRAS Notification Program page.
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