{"id":746,"date":"2014-01-13T10:51:08","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T16:51:08","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2015-12-12T15:35:06","modified_gmt":"2015-12-12T21:35:06","slug":"gras-how-the-fda-approves-food-additives-without-a-formal-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pantryparatus.com\/articles\/gras-how-the-fda-approves-food-additives-without-a-formal-process\/","title":{"rendered":"GRAS: How the FDA Approves Food Additives Without a Formal Process"},"content":{"rendered":"

GRAS: Generally Recognized As Safe<\/span><\/h1>\n

How the FDA Approves Food Additives without a Formal Process<\/span><\/h2>\n

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\"Hula<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The year was 1958.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Sputnik 1 & Sputnik II crash and burn.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0The hula hoop was invented.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Bobby Fischer won the U.S. Chess Championship.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Elvis Presley joined the Army.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Pizza Hut was founded.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Instant noodles hit the market for the first time.<\/span><\/p>\n


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And this is the magic year the FDA picked to declare all food commonly served to be \u201cgenerally recognized as safe\u201d unless tested and proven to be otherwise.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

If people were eating it in 1958 and are still eating it now, well\u2026there you go. \u00a0\u00a0Of course, they did not wear seatbelts, thought cigarettes were the coolest ever, and going out with wet hair could cause a cold.<\/span><\/p>\n

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