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TeachMeFinance.com - explain Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) The term 'Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) ' as it applies to the area of agriculture can be defined as ' A regulatory category created for a group of food additives that were exempted from the more rigorous regulatory requirements for food additives in the 1958 Food Additives Amendment to the Food Drug and Cosmetics Act of 1938. A substance was accorded GRAS status, if it was generally recognized by experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate its safety, as having been adequately shown through scientific procedures or experience based on common use in food to be safe under the conditions of its intended use'. Previous 5 Terms: General Sales Manager (GSM) General Wind generalize Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) Next 5 Terms: generating area Generating facility Generating station Generating unit Generation About the author Mark McCracken Author: Mark McCracken is a corporate trainer and author living in Higashi Osaka, Japan. He is the author of thousands of online articles as well as the Business English textbook, "25 Business Skills in English". Copyright © 2005-2011 by Mark McCracken, All Rights Reserved. TeachMeFinance.com is an informational website, and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical, legal or financial advice. Information presented at TeachMeFinance.com is provided on an "AS-IS" basis. Please read the disclaimer for details.