CLARIFICATION
Food Chemical News last month mischaracterized the scope of an external review of FDA’s chemical safety (see FCN July 19, 2013, Page 5). FDA contracted with Versar, Inc., a Springfield, Va.-based company to conduct a review of all chemicals used across the agency’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and Center for Veterinary Medicine, not just those substances in the food additive or generally recognized as safe (GRAS) programs.