EAFUS

Phenol is listed on the Food and Drug Administration s EAFUS (Everything Added to Foods in the United States) List (FDA 1998a), and is approved as a component of food packaging materials (FDA 1998b, 1998c, 1998d). 

FDA. 1998a. Everything added to food in the United States. Food and Drug Administration. http //vm.cfsan.fda.gov/ dms/eafus.html. Accessed on Nov. 22, 1998. 

The FDA maintains an inventory of more than 3000 total substances used in food, referred to as Everything Added to Food in the United States (EAFUS) (17). The database is useful in the determination of the regulatory status of an ingredient for use in food, and is maintained under an ongoing program known as the... 

Source Based on EAFUS, a Food Additive Database—http //www.foodsafety.gov/ dms/eafus.html http //www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info/information/additivesall.htm... 

Sources Based on Consumers Federation, Food Additives, Second edition, Consumers Federation Poland, Warsaw, 1999 (in Polish) Modified from Kanerva, L., Skin contact reactions to food and spices, In Food Allergy and Intolerance, Brostoff, J. and Challacombe, S J., Eds., Saunders, London, Edinburgh, New York, Philadelphia, St Louis, Sydney, Toronto, 2002 EAFUS A Food Additive Database—http //www.foodsafety.gov/—dms/eafus.html a Mentioned also as additives associated with adverse reaction by Bosso and Simon (2008). 

GRAS listed. Included in the FDA Inactive Ingredients Guide (oral capsules and tablets). Lauric acid is listed as a food additive in the EAFUS list compiled by the FDA. Reported in the EPA TSCA Inventory. 

Table 10.1 Partial List of Everything Added to Food in the United States (EAFUS) Database...

MEK (and other ketones on the EAFUS list not shown in Table 10.1) potentiates the neurotoxicity of hexane. I27 ... 

It is not implied here that all the toxic chemicals listed on the EAFUS list are present in all foods, or in any one meal. Many food additives, however, contain large numbers of toxic chemicals. 

In addition to those listed in Table 11.9, a large number of the chemicals listed on the FDA GRAS, and EAFUS lists (see Section 10.7) are also contained in personal care and cosmetic products. Cosmetic products in particular have come under close scrutiny in the European Union, which has far more stringent labeling requirements than those in the United States. 

EAFUS Everything added to food in the United States... 

EAFUS US FDA/CFSAN Everything Added to Food Database. It contains data about ingredients, which are added to food http //www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/fcn/ fcnnavigation.cfm rpt=eafuslisting... 

The list in Table 10.1 contains numerous Upophiles and hydrophiles. A vast number of mixture combinations are possible. Though most mixtures have not been studied, one possible binary mixture from this list, hexane and MEK, has a known synergism. MEK (as well as other ketones on the EAFUS list not shown in Table 10.1) potentiates the neurotoxicity of hexane [26]. 

Table 10.1 Partial List of EAFUS Database. All Chemicals Listed Target the Skin and Eyes ...

The effects of hidden chemicals are excluded. Many of the regulations allow for proprietary formulation information to be excluded. So called inert ingredients are not required to be listed for proprietary purposes, even though these are added, for example, to increase activity of pesticides or improve the esthetics of cosmetics and personal care products, and are known to alter the toxicological effects of such products. In the United States, toxic chemicals in foods are not required to be listed if they are contained on the EAFUS and GRAS lists [16]. 

U.S. Pood and Drug Administration, EAFUS. A food additive data base. http //www. accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/forNavigation.cfm rpt=eafusUsting. 

The U.S. FDA does lists BP in its database of Everything Added to Food in the United States (EAFUS), which includes a listing of substances directly added to food (FDA 2013a). BP is included in this database because it is allowed as a flavoring in food. BP was not found in FDA s List of Indirect Additives Used in Food Contact Substances (LIAUFCS) database. There were no listings for BP in... 

No specific regulatory limits or listings of cadmium compounds, including cadmium pigments, were located in FDA packaging and food contact substances databases at http //www.fda.gov/Food/IngredientsPackagingLabeIing/PackagingPCS/ default.htm (e.g., EAFUS, Inventory of Effective Food Contact Substance Notifications, List of Indirect Additives Used in Food Contact Substances, and Cumulative Estimated Dietary Intake databases). 

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