---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 170.205"
title: "21"
number: "170.205"
heading: "Opportunity to submit a GRAS notice."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/170.205"
---

# §170.205. Opportunity to submit a GRAS notice.


Any person may notify FDA of a view that a substance is not subject to the premarket approval requirements of [section 409](/cfr/21/409.md) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act based on that person's conclusion that the substance is GRAS under the conditions of its intended use.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 81 FR 55048, Aug. 17, 2016, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 341, 342, 346a, 348, 371.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 14483, Mar. 15, 1977, unless otherwise noted.