GRAS Associates offers timely and concise food safety and regulatory services to the industry on the continuing need to classify food ingredients and components of food packaging as generally recognized as safe. This service responds to the expanding industry needs to access capable scientists who can provide timely reviews that are grounded in sound science. With shrinking resources at FDA for the review of food ingredients, GRAS Associates gives the industry a highly qualified alternative to legitimize their products under the requirements of the FD&C Act.

    A team of highly skilled toxicologists and regulatory scientists has been recruited that can provide the expertise that the law requires in order to make GRAS determinations.  Experts come from different scientific disciplines so that the expert panel skill set matches the unique nature of each ingredient. Clients with needs in the areas of food ingredients, food processing materials, animal feed additives and food packaging materials or other food contact articles will be well served.

   GRAS Associates assists clients with information collection and high quality, well-documented reviews that clients can rely on with confidence. Based on the clients needs, GRAS Associates provides private determinations or assist the client with more public determinations such as notifications to FDA or publications in scientific journals.