gras

gras — 名詞

1. A status given by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to food ingredients that

1.名詞C1
釋義

一般公認安全

美國FDA的食品添加物安全認證

A status given by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to food ingredients that experts generally agree are safe for their intended use, based either on a long history of use in food or on publicly available scientific research — meaning the substance does not require separate government approval before being marketed.

例句

The FDA granted GRAS status to the new food additive after reviewing the safety data.

美國食品藥物管理局在審查安全數據後，授予這種新的食品添加物 GRAS 資格。

GRAS + noun: GRAS status

Noa's company submitted a GRAS notification for their plant-based protein ingredient.

Noa 的公司為其植物性蛋白質原料提交了 GRAS 通知。

verb collocation: submit a GRAS notification

文法句型

GRAS + noun (status, criteria, list, notification)

classified / recognized as GRAS

用法筆記

Frequently used attributively before nouns such as status, notification, list, determination, and exemption. The term is specific to U.S. food regulation; other countries use different safety frameworks for food additives.

常見錯誤

❌This additive is GRAS confirmed by the FDA.
✅This additive has GRAS status from the FDA.
💡GRAS is a classification, not a verb; use it as a noun modifier.