---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 170.275"
title: "21"
number: "170.275"
heading: "Public disclosure of a GRAS notice."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/170.275"
---

# §170.275. Public disclosure of a GRAS notice.

- (a) The data and information in a GRAS notice (including data and information submitted in any amendment or supplement to your GRAS notice or incorporated into your GRAS notice) are:
  - (1) Considered a mandatory, rather than voluntary, submission for purposes of their status under the Freedom of Information Act and our public information requirements in [part 20](/cfr/21/part20.md) of this chapter; and
  - (2) Available for public disclosure in accordance with [part 20](/cfr/21/part20.md) of this chapter as of the date that we receive your GRAS notice.
- (b) We will make the following readily accessible to the public:
  - (1) A list of filed GRAS notices, including the information described in [§ 170.225(c)(2) through (c)(5)](/cfr/21/170.225.md?p=c-2..c-5);
  - (2) The text of any letter that we issue under § [170.265(b)(1)](/cfr/21/170.265.md?p=b-1) or [(c)](/cfr/21/170.265.md?p=b-c); and
  - (3) The text of any letter that we issue under [§ 170.265(b)(3)](/cfr/21/170.265.md?p=b-3) if we grant your request that we cease to evaluate your notice.
- (c) We will disclose all remaining data and information that are not exempt from public disclosure in accordance with [part 20](/cfr/21/part20.md) of this chapter.

## 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.