# Substances Affirmed as Generally Recognized as Safe: Menhaden Oil
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Final rule. · Published 1997-06-05 · Effective 1997-06-05 · 62 FR 30751
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-14683
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 30751
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 184
- **Publication date:** 1997-06-05
- **Effective date:** 1997-06-05
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. 86G-0289
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is affirming that menhaden oil is generally recognized as safe (GRAS) as a direct human food ingredient with specific limitations. The agency is also affirming that partially hydrogenated menhaden oil with an iodine number between 86 and 119 is GRAS as a direct human food ingredient with no limitation other than current good manufacturing practice. These actions complete the agency's response to a petition filed by the National Fish Meal and Oil Association.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/06/05/97-14683/substances-affirmed-as-generally-recognized-as-safe-menhaden-oil)
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