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FEMA launches library

The Flavour and Extract Manufacturers Association (FEMA) has launched its online Flavour Ingredient Library, a free and easily accessible resource for researchers, the media, and consumers seeking information on substances that are generally recognized as safe (GRAS) for use as flavour ingredients. The library includes all FEMA GRAS flavour ingredients, links to FEMA GRAS publications, access […]

The Flavour and Extract Manufacturers Association (FEMA) has launched its online Flavour Ingredient Library, a free and easily accessible resource for researchers, the media, and consumers seeking information on substances that are generally recognized as safe (GRAS) for use as flavour ingredients.

The library includes all FEMA GRAS flavour ingredients, links to FEMA GRAS publications, access to safety assessment information, and additional information about the 55-year-old FEMA GRAS program.

“The library delivers comprehensive access to information on the safety of ingredients used to create the flavours we all enjoy,” said John Cox, FEMA’s Executive Director. “It builds on FEMA’s long history of transparency around flavour ingredient safety issues – the Library provides easier access to information researchers, media and consumers are looking for.”

While the information in the Flavour Ingredient Library has been publicly available previously through various governmental websites, scholarly journals and other sources, the Library now provides all the information in one easily accessible place. Each ingredient’s safety has been reviewed by the independent and respected FEMA Expert Panel, composed of academic researchers and medical doctors, which has published its findings in scholarly journals since the early 1960s.

“Consumers increasingly want easier access to information about the safety of the ingredients in the food and beverages they enjoy every day. FEMA’s Flavour Ingredient Library responds to that interest and enables consumers to feel secure and confident in the safety of flavour ingredients used in those foods and beverages,” Cox concluded.

The Flavour and Extract Manufacturers Association of the United States (FEMA) is composed of flavour manufacturers, flavour users, flavour ingredient suppliers, and others with an interest in the U.S. flavour industry. Founded in 1909, it is the national association of the U.S. flavour industry.