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GRAS Flavoring Substances 26 FEMA EXPERT PANEL L.J. MARNETT, S.M. COHEN, S. FUKUSHIMA, N.J. GOODERHAM, S.S. HECHT, I.M.C.M. RIETJENS, AND R.L. SMITH 26. GRAS Flavoring Substances. This list of substances will appear in the 26th publication authored by the Expert Panel of the Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association on recent progress in the consideration of flavoring ingredients “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS) under conditions of their intended use in food flavorings in accordance with the 1958 Food Additives Amendment to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. The Expert Panel of the Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association of the United States (FEMA) has evaluated substances for GRAS status under their conditions of intended use as flavoring substances since the early 1960s. The regulations of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and U.S. law, require that determinations that flavor substances and other food ingredients are “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS) be done in such a way that all information related to GRAS determinations is publicly available. The FEMA Expert Panel has met this requirement by publishing the identity of all flavoring substances determined to be GRAS by the Panel, and has submitted all information related to its GRAS reviews on these substances to the FDA for inclusion in the FDA databases. Information that was reviewed by the Expert Panel in the course of their evaluation is typically submitted to FDA within six months of the publication of the identity of newly GRASed substances. The Expert Panel also publishes separate extensive reviews of scientific information on all FEMA GRAS™ flavoring substances in the peer-reviewed scientific literature in th