Part 170 — Food Additives
Current through Sep 8, 2026
Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 341, 342, 346a, 348, 371.
Source: 42 FR 14483, Mar. 15, 1977, unless otherwise noted.
Editorial Note: Nomenclature changes to part 170 appear at 66 FR 56035, Nov. 6, 2001, and 69 FR 13717, Mar. 24, 2004.
Sections
- § 170.3 Definitions.
- § 170.6 Opinion letters on food additive status.
- § 170.10 Food additives in standardized foods.
- § 170.15 Adoption of regulation on initiative of Commissioner.
- § 170.17 Exemption for investigational use and procedure for obtaining authorization to market edible products from experimental animals.
- § 170.18 Tolerances for related food additives.
- § 170.19 Pesticide chemicals in processed foods.
- § 170.20 General principles for evaluating the safety of food additives.
- § 170.22 Safety factors to be considered.
- § 170.30 Eligibility for classification as generally recognized as safe (GRAS).
- § 170.35 Affirmation of generally recognized as safe (GRAS) status.
- § 170.38 Determination of food additive status.
- § 170.39 Threshold of regulation for substances used in food-contact articles.
- § 170.45 Fluorine-containing compounds.
- § 170.50 Glycine (aminoacetic acid) in food for human consumption.
- § 170.60 Nitrites and/or nitrates in curing premixes.
- § 170.100 Submission of a premarket notification for a food contact substance (FCN) to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
- § 170.101 Information in a premarket notification for a food contact substance (FCN).
- § 170.102 Confidentiality of information related to premarket notification for a food contact substance (FCN).
- § 170.103 Withdrawal without prejudice of a premarket notification for a food contact substance (FCN).
- § 170.104 Action on a premarket notification for a food contact substance (FCN).
- § 170.105 The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) determination that a premarket notification for a food contact substance (FCN) is no longer effective.
- § 170.106 Notification for a food contact substance formulation (NFCSF).
- § 170.203 Definitions.
- § 170.205 Opportunity to submit a GRAS notice.
- § 170.210 How to send your GRAS notice to FDA.
- § 170.215 Incorporation into a GRAS notice.
- § 170.220 General requirements applicable to a GRAS notice.
- § 170.225 Part 1 of a GRAS notice: Signed statements and certification.
- § 170.230 Part 2 of a GRAS notice: Identity, method of manufacture, specifications, and physical or technical effect.
- § 170.235 Part 3 of a GRAS notice: Dietary exposure.
- § 170.240 Part 4 of a GRAS notice: Self-limiting levels of use.
- § 170.245 Part 5 of a GRAS notice: Experience based on common use in food before 1958.
- § 170.250 Part 6 of a GRAS notice: Narrative.
- § 170.255 Part 7 of a GRAS notice: List of supporting data and information in your GRAS notice.
- § 170.260 Steps you may take before FDA responds to your GRAS notice.
- § 170.265 What FDA will do with a GRAS notice.
- § 170.270 Procedures that apply when the intended conditions of use of a notified substance include use in a product or products subject to regulation by the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture.
- § 170.275 Public disclosure of a GRAS notice.
- § 170.280 Submission of a supplement.
- § 170.285 Disposition of pending GRAS affirmation petitions.