In 1997, the FDA proposed replacing its GRAS affirmation process with a GRAS notification process and began functioning under the proposed rule, but did not finalize the GRAS notification rule until 2016.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by FDA's own published materials and the Federal Register final rule notice, both matching the claim's timeline exactly. [tier=bronze indep_score=0.539 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- TABLE 1— (seed:food_and_diet)
- https://www.fda.gov/food/generally-recognized-safe-gras/gras-notification-program (corroboration)
- https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/08/17/2016-19164/substances-generally-recognized-as-safe (corroboration)