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Priority Based Assessment of Food Additives (PAFA)


The Priority based Assessment of Food Additive (PAFA) database is a database that serves as CFSAN's institutional memory for the toxicological effects of food ingredients known to be used in the United States. Currently, PAFA contains oral toxicology information on over 2100 of approximately 3300 direct food ingredients used in food in the US. PAFA also contains minimal information on over 3200 indirect additives including the names, CAS number and regulatory information of the indirect additives in the Code of Federal Regulations. The EAFUS list and the Indirect Additive list on the CFSAN Internet consist of selected fields of information generated from PAFA.