Fermasure Xl
Level 4 — Significant concerns
Fermasure Xl is a other additive listed in the FDA food-additive database.
Also: chlorine dioxide processing aid
Where you'll see it
COZ corn oil production
What the research says
DuPont processing aid (chlorine dioxide) marketed as GRAS despite the FDA turning down DuPont's GRAS application in 2011. Used in COZ corn oil production. Illustrates the loophole: even when the FDA explicitly refuses GRAS status, companies can continue to use a substance and call it GRAS based on internal review.
[ultra-processed-people] DuPont processing aid (chlorine dioxide) marketed as GRAS despite the FDA turning down DuPont's GRAS application in 2011. Used in COZ corn oil production. Illustrates the loophole: even when the FDA explicitly refuses GRAS status, companies can continue to use a substance and call it GRAS based on internal review.
Regulatory status
- Notes: From enrichment source only, not in Winter Dictionary
Sources
- Ultra-Processed People (van Tulleken) — Chapter 15: Dysregulatory bodies: a processing aid made by DuPont called FermaSure XL (chlorine dioxide), which according to a blog by Tom Neltner ... they market as GRAS even though the FDA turned down a GRAS application in 2011