On December 16, Claudia Lewis was featured in Food Business News. Below is an excerpt:
The FDA appears to be changing.
The agency is developing a post-market assessment for chemicals in food. The assessment will include ingredients considered Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS), food additives, color additives, food contact substances and contaminants. Processing aids are included.
The FDA will take a two-pronged approach: focused assessments and comprehensive assessments. For ingredients in focused assessments, “the agency feels like there is some information, but they are not overly worried about it,” said Claudia Lewis, co-chair of Venable LLP’s FDA group. For ingredients in comprehensive assessments, the FDA will “dig deeper,” she said. Questions may arise over whether the ingredient needs to be limited in terms of consumption within an age group or limited at a certain level within a food product.
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