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B -- REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF TOXICOLOGICAL STUDIES CONTAINED IN FOOD ADDITIVE, COLOR ADDITIVE, AND GRAS PETITIONS. SOL 223-96-2302 DUE 041096 POC Contact, Ed Arnold, Contract Specialist, (301) 443-0424, Contracting Officer, M. Deborah Smith-Castle, (301) 443-0424. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition has a requirement for technical support for FDAs scientific assessment of potential effects of food additives, color additives, and GRAS substances on human health through extramural review and evaluation of specific, Agency-identified scientific data and information (primarily toxicological studies) contained in food additive, color additive, and GRAS petitions. Interested organizations should submit a request for a copy of the Request for Proposal (RFP) number 223-96-2302 to the above address. The RFP package will be available within 15 days after the date of this publication. (0057)

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