Out of 528 times companies asked the FDA if their food ingredients were safe, the FDA said it had no concerns in 393 cases, couldn't confirm safety in 17 cases, and 84 companies decided to pull their requests on their own.

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A hard look at FDA's review of GRAS notices.

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The study looked at the same FDA process and found exactly the same numbers as the claim: 393 approved, 17 rejected, and 84 pulled by companies. So the claim is correct.

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A hard look at FDA's review of GRAS notices.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2016.06.011

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Out of 84 food safety notices that companies pulled back, 22 were sent in again — and this time, the government didn’t have any problems with them.

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The FDA turned down 17 food safety notices because they didn’t have enough info. Only four of those had real safety worries, and three of those got approved later after the companies gave more data.

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