GRAS

(US, law) Acronym of generally recognized as safe, a designation by the FDA that a chemical or substance added to food is considered safe by food industry experts.
- 2024 October 3, Sandee LaMotte, “‘I’ve never experienced pain like that’: Consumers pay the price for untested food ingredients”, in CNN‎:
  Tara flour is a recent example, but the misuse of the GRAS standard — and the delay in FDA response — has been occurring for decades, critics say.
- 2025 May 12, Julia Belluz, “What Kennedy Gets Right About the Chemicals in Our Food”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
  Under GRAS, companies are expected, but not required, to notify the F.D.A. when they introduce a new chemical that experts they’ve hired deemed OK to use. As a result, the food industry is often vetting the safety of the ingredients in our food, not federal regulators.

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