Removal of GRAS exemption from food additive definition

(a) In general Section 201(s) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(s)) is amended— (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (1) through (6) as clauses (A) through (G), respectively; (2) by striking The term food additive and inserting (1) The term food additive; (3) by striking, if such substance is and all that follows through of its intended use; and inserting, including a substance that is generally recognized as safe,; and (4) by adding at the end the following: (2) The term generally recognized as safe means, with respect to a substance used in food as described in subparagraph (1), that such substance is generally recognized, among experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate its safety, as having been adequately shown through scientific procedures (or, in the case of a substance used in food prior to January 1, 1958, through either scientific procedures or experience based on common use in food) to be safe under the conditions of its intended use.. (b) Conforming amendment Section 408(k)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 346a(k)(2)) is amended by striking section 201(s)(4) and inserting section 201(s)(1)(D).