“GRAS” is an acronym for Generally Recognized As Safe, which stands as an important food regulatory category in the United States. Simply speaking, if a substance is GRAS under the conditions of its intended use among qualified experts, it is excluded from the definition of a food additive and is not subject to the premarket approval requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

In accordance with “Supervision and Management Measures for the Inspection and Quarantine of Import and Export Feed and Feed Additives”, GENERAL ADMINISTRATION OF CUSTOMS, P.R.CHINA (GACC) shall conduct risk analysis of the countries or regions that export feed to China for the first time, and conduct retrospective review of the countries and regions that have already exported or are exporting feed to China. According to the results of risk analysis and retrospective rev