If anything comes under GRAS list, would be added to food, which is considered safe by experts of Food and Drug Administration of America (FDA), and so is exempted from the usual Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) food additive tolerance requirements.
Though FDA is empowered by the United States, their major responsible is to protect and promote the public health by controlling and supervising the food safety, products related to tobacco, supplemented materials in diets, prescription and pharmaceutical drugs, vaccines, bio-pharmaceuticals, blood transfusions, medical devices, electromagnetic radiation emitting devices, cosmetics, animal foods & feeds and veterinary products. That is not only for the Americans and also to all the peoples around the world.
Thank you for your responses but I don't think so that European comitee can accept all FDA notices. Phytase from A.niger is not accepted in food nutrition in France.