Food Additives & Petitions

Links to information and industry guidance documents about food additives and food additive petitions.

Overview

• Determining the Regulatory Status of a Food Ingredient

Information on Specific Ingredients & Products 

• Aspartame and Other Sweeteners
• Azodicarbonamide (ADA)
• Brominated Vegetable Oil (BVO)
• Caffeinated Alcoholic Beverages
• Carbonated Soft Drinks
• Corn Masa Flour (Fortifying Corn Masa Flour Products with Folic Acid)
• High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)
• Lupin and Allergenicity
• Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)
• Non-Alcohol Ingredients in “Palcohol”
• Non-Edible Food Decorative Products
• Sodium Reduction
• Sugars That Are Metabolized Differently Than Traditional Sugars
• Trans Fat and Partially Hydrogenated Oils (PHOs)
• Vitamin D for Milk and Milk Alternatives

For additional information, see Food Additives and GRAS Ingredients Information for Consumers. 

Petition Guidance - Administrative

• Regulatory Submissions
  • See also: Centralized Online Submission Module (COSM)
• Pre-Petition Consultations for Food Additives and Color Additives
• Food Additive Petition Submission (PDF - 110KB)
• Food Additive Petition Expedited Review
• Questions and Answers About the Petition Process
• Assessing the Effects of Significant Manufacturing Process Changes, Including Emerging Technologies, on the Safety and Regulatory Status of Food Ingredients and Food Contact Substances, Including Food Ingredients that Are Color Additives

Petition Guidance - Chemistry

• Recommendations for Submission of Chemical and Technological Data for Direct Food Additive Petitions
• Estimating Dietary Intake of Substances in Food

Petition Guidance - Toxicology

• Summary Table of Recommended Toxicological Testing for Additives Used in Food
• Redbook 2000
• 1993 Draft Redbook II

Antimicrobials Guidance

• Antimicrobial Food Additives
• Microbiological Considerations for Antimicrobial Food Additive Submissions

Environmental Guidance

• Preparing a Claim of Categorical Exclusion or an Environmental Assessment for Submission to the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

Food Additive Listings

• Substances Added to Food (formerly EAFUS)
• Food and Color Additives Final Rules
• Food Additive and Color Additive Petitions Under Review or Held in Abeyance
• Code of Federal Regulations Citations for Color Additives, Food Ingredients and Packaging

Chemistry Reference Documents

• Food Ingredient Chemistry Reference Documents

Agreements with Other Agencies

• Trade Agreements and International Arrangements for Food Safety

Color Additives

• Color Additives
• Regulatory Status of Color Additives