Chinova Bioworks has been granted Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) status by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its natural, mushroom-based preservative, Chiber™.

The U.S. Senate has introduced a bill that would enforce stricter regulation of the Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) rule and that calls for the creation of a new office within the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that would assess chemicals in food.

The Toxic Free Food Act, if passed, would force the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reevaluate the industry's chemical food additives.