Re:Volkswagen’s Diesel Fraud Makes Critic of Secret Code a P...
by belorn on Thursday September 24, 2015 @05:35AM
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If a car manufacturer want to add flavor to their software which follows the very strict regulations of GRAS, then why not? If someone want to add different lights on their hubcaps, or maybe a voice controlled assistant inside the car, then they are free to follow all the regulative hoops in order for that isolated unit of additive to be declared as safe.
The legal fallout if Coca Cola claimed rat poison as GRAS would be nothing less of major incident. The expert panel that they are required to hire would likely go to jail on fraud. The documents to the FDA would be proof of intentional deceit, basically guaranteeing that who ever submitted it will get the harshest punishment available to the court. All of it would be enough of a deterrent that companies only do this for the most critical company secrets which they are 100% sure is safe, and everything else can be inspected by the FDA. A pragmatical and reasonable method to make life critical products as safe as possible.
The legal fallout if Coca Cola claimed rat poison as GRAS would be nothing less of major incident. The expert panel that they are required to hire would likely go to jail on fraud. The documents to the FDA would be proof of intentional deceit, basically guaranteeing that who ever submitted it will get the harshest punishment available to the court. All of it would be enough of a deterrent that companies only do this for the most critical company secrets which they are 100% sure is safe, and everything else can be inspected by the FDA. A pragmatical and reasonable method to make life critical products as safe as possible.