Episode 108: GRAS with Marion Nestle - a podcast by Heritage Radio Network

Whats the deal with GRAS? GRAS is an acronym for the phrase Generally Recognized As Safe. On this weeks episode of What Doesnt Kill You, Katy Keiffer chats GRAS with Marion Nestle, Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University. Find out how this has allowed food manufactures more freedom to add different types of additives without much oversight. This program was sponsored by Tabard Inn Cooking is really a great public health safety measure but when it comes to things like nanotechnology it does you no good whatsoever. [11:00] Its hard to know how much sweetener people are eating - its in everything now! [16:00] People have tried for decades to find something wrong with caffeine, turns out its really hard. [23:00] Congress doesnt like regulation because its perceived as anti-business. I think thats a very narrow way of looking at it - we need regulation and its better for business in the long run. [30:00] --Marion Nestle on What Doesnt Kill You

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