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Article: FDA Warnings to Food Companies Based on Misinterpretation of Food Additive Law.
- Article from:
- Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
- Article date:
- August 1, 2001
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Recent FDA warnings to manufacturers of food products containing herbs are founded on misinterpretation and misuse of food additive regulations passed in 1958, according to Rob McCaleb, president of the Herb Research Foundation in Boulder, Colorado.
Citing concerns about "the integrity of the conventional food supply," the FDA sent warning letters recently to three food manufacturers, cautioning them that their products contain "novel ingredients" that are not generally recognized as safe (GRAS) by the agency. More warning letters will follow, FDA claims.
McCaleb asserts that the ingredients singled out by the FDA are neither food additives nor "novel ...