---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 170.285"
title: "21"
number: "170.285"
heading: "Disposition of pending GRAS affirmation petitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/170.285"
---

# §170.285. Disposition of pending GRAS affirmation petitions.


Because the procedure to submit a GRAS notice is replacing the former process to submit a GRAS affirmation petition, the following will happen to a filed GRAS affirmation petition that is pending on October 17, 2016.

- (a) On October 17, 2016, we will close the docket for any GRAS affirmation petition that is still pending as of October 17, 2016.
- (b) Any person who submitted a GRAS affirmation petition described in this section may submit a GRAS notice as described in this subpart and request that we incorporate the GRAS affirmation petition as described in [§ 170.215](/cfr/21/170.215.md).

## 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.