Enhancing the Regulatory Decision-Making Approval Process for Direct Food Ingredient Technologies.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington :
National Academies Press,
1999.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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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, �
- 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