What does GRAS stand for?

Generally Recognized As Safe

This definition appears very rarely and is found in the following Acronym Finder categories:

Science, medicine, engineering, etc.

Other Resources:

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Greater Rochester Association of Private Schools (New York) Gamma Ray Astronomy Program Working Group (NASA) Generic Reliability Assurance Requirements (Sprint) Graduate Admissions and Records Grand Rapids Association of REALTORS (Grand Rapids, Michigan) Greater Rochester Association of Realtors (New York) Grand Rapids Amateur Radio Association Ground Receiving and Analog Ranging Equipment Generic Reliability Assurance Requirements for Fiber Optic Transport Systems (Sprint) Guardrail Airborne Reconnaissance Low		Generally Regarded As Safe Global Rent-a-Scope (various locations) GNSS (combined GPS and GLONASS positioning systems) Receiver for Atmospheric Sounding Ground-based Regional Augmentation System (Australia) Groupe de Recherche et d'Action pour la Santé Grüne und Alternative Studentinnen (Austrian Green Student's Party) Grasstrack Riders and Supporters Association (UK) Greater Rochester After-School Alliance (New York) Grandparents Rights Association of South Carolina (Easley, SC) Generally Recognized As Safe and Effective

Samples in periodicals archive:

Phenolphthalein, used in OTC laxatives until 1999, is now "not generally recognized as safe and effective" because of cancer risk.

Weight-loss products found tainted with drugs

2600 or cited elsewhere as generally recognized as safe, according to the manufacturer.

FDA compounds

While FDA has stated that approximately one dose (20-45mL) of Fleet Phospho-soda is generally recognized as safe and effective, it has not approved the double-dosing bowel cleansing regimen that Fleet is promoting.

Fleet faces lawsuits over popular colonoscopy prep

Thus, they are listed according to their US approved status - colour additives subject to certification, food additives permitted for direct addition to food for human consumption, substances generally recognised as safe, direct food substances affirmed as generally recognized as safe, etc.

Dictionary of Food Ingredients

FDA regulations allow companies to independently determine through a self-affirmation process that an ingredient is generally recognized as safe by qualified experts.

Wisdom Natural Brands Announces New SweetLeaf(R) Sweetener(TM)

Furthermore, the agency noted that Fubao's products are not generally recognized as safe and effective for the above referenced conditions.

Fubao Health, San Francisco, June 20 (CFSAN)

Tarantino will provide leadership for FDA's food additive safety program and will oversee all aspects of the center's petition review processes for food and color additives, consultation/notification processes for generally recognized as safe (GRAS) substances, food contact substances, and foods and food ingredients derived from recombinant DNA biotechnology.

Food and Drug Administration's Center

Furthermore, FDA pointed out that Herbal Provider's products are not generally recognized as safe and effective for the above referenced conditions.

Herbal Provider, LLC, Edison, NJ, June 12 (CFSAN)