# Direct Food Substances Affirmed as Generally Recognized as Safe; Enzyme-Modified Lecithin
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Final rule. · Published 1996-08-30 · Effective 1996-08-30 · 61 FR 45886
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-22246
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 45886
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 184
- **Publication date:** 1996-08-30
- **Effective date:** 1996-08-30
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. 85G-0335
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending its regulations to affirm that the use of enzyme-modified lecithin as a direct human food ingredient is generally recognized as safe (GRAS). This action is in response to a petition filed by Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/08/30/96-22246/direct-food-substances-affirmed-as-generally-recognized-as-safe-enzyme-modified-lecithin)
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