Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)... 

The Library of Chemical Information is maintained by the US Food and Drug Administration s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and is an excellent database for multiple classes of chemicals including food additives, cosmetics, colour additives, pesticides and other chemicals. 

One major problem caused by Section 409 (c) (3) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, commonly known as the Delaney Clause , which governed the registration of pesticides was the statement, No additive shall be deemed safe if it is found to induce cancer when ingested by man or animal,... . Dr Fred R. Shank, Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, US Food and Drug Administration, in... 

Alcohol Free. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Office of Cosmetics Fact Sheet, February 23, 1995, http //vm.cfsan.fda.gov/ dms/cos-227.html... 

Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), 11 47 18 687 21 572 Freedom of Information Electronic Reading Room, 18 701-702 Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), 21 572, 578 Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM), 21 572, 579... 

FDA (1993). Toxicological Principles for the Safety Assessment of Direct Food Additives and Color Additives Used in Food, Redbook II, p. 86. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, Washington, D.C. 

This document describes the types of chemical and technological data that the FDA s Office of Premarket Approval in the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition considers necessary for the evaluation of petitions seeking regulation of the safe use of direct food additives or for the affirmation of the use of food ingredients as generally recognized as safe (GRAS). 

US Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Online. Available HTTP (accessed 9 April 2003). 

USFDA(2007)FoodandDrugAdministrarion, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Redbook 2000. http //www.fda.gov/down-loads/Food/GuidanceCompfiance Regulatory Information/GuidanceDocuments/Food IngredientsandPackaging/Redbook/ UCM222779.pdf. Accessed 2 Nov 2011... 

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN). This center is responsible for the regulation and approval of food for human consumption, food additives, color additives, and cosmetics. Although CFSAN does not regulate meat and poultry, it does set safety and sanitation standards for supermarkets, restaurants, and other retail food establishments. 

Responds as the expert resource for CDER to issues and meeting requests from the Office of the Commissioner and interfaces on common botanical issues and fosters communication with the FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the Office of Dietary Supplements at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). 

The FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), Office of Food Additive Safety (OFAS) is responsible for reviewing food and color additive petitions and GRAS Notifications (13). OFAS has four divisions ... 

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