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Some food ingredients get approved as 'safe' without being thoroughly tested, because companies can just say they’re safe — even though the system does require tough tests for riskier stuff.

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The study says the GRAS system lets food companies skip strict safety tests for some ingredients, even though it has tough rules for riskier ones — which is exactly what the claim says.

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