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  • Enhancing the Regulatory Decision-Making Approval Process for Direct Food Ingredient Technologies
  • Copyright
  • PREFACE
  • Contents
  • WORKSHOP SUMMARY
  • INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
  • OVERVIEW OF THE APPROVAL PROCESS FOR FOOD USE SUBSTANCES
  • Food Additives
  • GRAS SUBSTANCES
  • Interim Additives
  • LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF THE INGREDIENT APPROVAL PROCESS
  • Flaws of the Current Review Process
  • Proposed Changes in the Approval Process
  • Change or Enforce Deadlines for Petition Reviews
  • Implement User Fees
  • Grant a Period of Market Exclusivity
  • Re-evaluate GRAS Affirmation ProcessEliminate Notice-and-Comment Procedures
  • Abbreviate Review for Supplemental Uses
  • Evaluate Use of Extramural Petition Review
  • Prioritize Reviews
  • Implement Safeguards to Prevent Sham Petitioning
  • Establish a Sunset Period for Interim Additives
  • Foster Improved Communication between Industry and FDA
  • Improve Quality of Petitions Submitted to FDA
  • SCIENTIFIC INTERPRETATION AND THE APPROVAL PROCESS
  • CRITERIA TO EVALUATE FOOD ADDITIVE SAFETY
  • CURRENT EFFORTS
  • International Efforts
  • IMPROVING THE REGULATORY REVIEW PROCESSGovernment Perspective
  • Industry Perspective
  • Consumer Perspective
  • SUMMARY
  • APPENDIX A Legal Aspects of the Food Additive Approval Process
  • HISTORY
  • The Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938
  • The Food Additives Amendment of 1958
  • DEFINITION OF FOOD ADDITIVE
  • Components of Food
  • Indirect Additives
  • Dietary Supplements
  • Generally Recognized as Safe
  • APPROVAL PROCEDURES
  • Food Additive Petitions
  • GRAS Affirmation Petitions
  • Interim Food Additives
  • SAFETY STANDARDS
  • General Safety StandardCarcinogenicity and the Delaney Clause
  • Special Restrictions: Labeling
  • CASE STUDIES
  • Artificial Sweeteners: Aspartame
  • Biotechnology: Calgene's Tomato
  • Novel Macroingredients: Olestra
  • THE COMPOSITE PICTURE
  • Track Records Compared
  • A Catalogue of Proposed Solutions
  • Internal Management Initiatives
  • Statutory Hammers
  • Prioritizing Reviews
  • Imposing User Fees
  • Extramural Reviews
  • Combatting Sham Petitioning
  • CONCLUSION
  • APPENDIX: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
  • Canada
  • The United Kingdom
  • The European UnionJapan
  • REFERENCES
  • APPENDIX B Case Studies of the Implementation of the Direct Food and Color Additives Amendments to the Federal Food, Drug, â€?
  • TECHNOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL FACTORS THAT HAVE AFFECTED INTRODUCTION OF NEW DIRECT FOOD INGREDIENTS AND PROCESSES
  • Introduction
  • Developments in Analytical Chemistry
  • Developments in Toxicology
  • The Emerging Understanding of Mechanisms
  • Changes in Risk and Safety Assessment
  • Changes in Agriculture
  • Environmental Concerns
  • Consumer Activity