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[Ericaw33]

Hi everyone - I am updating our product specs and I am being told by the previous person doing the specs, that I have to add a GRAS and FDA statement. Is that correct? I never had to add that on specs at my last job. Thanks

[olenazh]

Hi Erica. I've never heard of adding regulatory statements to the product specs. What's the point? Purpose of the spec is to outline product ingredients,  properties/characteristics, allergens, storage, COO, and other necessary stuff - what relation regulatory info has to this?

[Brothbro]

Could you be more specific? Are these you internal product specification sheets? And by FDA/GRAS statement, do you mean something that states the product is made in an FDA inspected facility from GRAS ingredients? If so, there is no requirement to include such a statement on specification sheets, to my knowledge. Some companies keep a general statement like that on file that covers all their products ("letter of guarantee"), but it's mostly a feel-good letterhead to be sent to other vendors.

[Scotty_SQF]

I don't believe you have to, but I know we have a short FDA statement on ours as we send specs out to customers. It just says simply that we comply and specific documents are available upon request.