# Substances Affirmed as Generally Recognized as Safe: Menhaden Oil
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Final rule. · Published 2005-03-23 · Effective 2005-03-23 · 70 FR 14530
## Document
- **Document number:** 05-5641
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 70 FR 14530
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 184
- **Publication date:** 2005-03-23
- **Effective date:** 2005-03-23
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. 1999P-5332
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending its regulations by reallocating the uses of menhaden oil in food that currently are established in the regulations, with the condition that when menhaden oil is added to food it is not used in combination with other added oils that are significant sources of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2005/03/23/05-5641/substances-affirmed-as-generally-recognized-as-safe-menhaden-oil)
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