EAFUS United States

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... 

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

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... 

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]. 

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... 

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