Editing Generally recognized as safe (section)

==History==
On 6 September 1958, the [[Food Additives Amendment of 1958]] was signed into law, with a list of 700 food substances that were exempt from the then-new requirement that manufacturers test food additives before putting them on the market.<ref name=gras-how/><ref name=gras-history/> On August 31, 1960, William W. Goodrich, assistant general counsel of the FDA, addressed the annual meeting (16 Bus. Law. 107 1960–1961) of the FFDCA. The purpose of the meeting was the forthcoming March 6, 1961, effective date of the enforcement provisions of the "Food Additives Amendment of 1958", referred to as GRAS.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/busl16&div=14&id=&page= |title=Address to the FFDCA concerning GRAS |journal=Business Lawyer (Aba) |volume=16 |pages=107|date=November 1960 |publisher=HeinOnline |access-date= 2010-11-27|last1=Goodrich |first1=William W. }}</ref>