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Scientist’s Study Led FDA to Ban Red No. 3 Food Dye. Yet he Says it is Safe
Joseph Borzelleca published a study on food coloring Red No. 3. The FDA cited his work when banning the additive in January.
RFK Jr. Wants to Close a Controversial FDA Loophole in Food Additive Regulation
The FDA’s GRAS rule lets companies decide if food additives are safe—without agency oversight. RFK Jr. now aims to close this ...
US FDA's top lawyer Hilary Perkins resigns two days into role
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's chief counsel, Hilary Perkins, has resigned, the federal agency said in a post on ...
How the FDA lets chemicals pour into America's food supply
Chemicals such as titanium dioxide and potassium bromate, whose safety has been debated, are allowed in foods in the United ...
Kennedy says he wants to make food safer. Trump wants to make it cheaper. Can we have both?
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to evaluate the chemicals in our food and take steps to make it safer. But those ...
What the FDA’s updated rules mean for securing America’s food chain—and how they affect you
As the industry scrambles to implement new laws on tracing and recalling contaminated food, lives, jobs, and billions of ...
Kennedy gives food company CEOs an ultimatum
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivered a stark ultimatum to major food company CEOs in a closed-door meeting this week: Ban certain ...
Girl Scouts hit with lawsuit over alleged heavy metals, toxins in its cookies
Last month, a non-peer-reviewed study commissioned by Moms Across America alleged that Girl Scout Cookies had toxins in them.
A Spending Freeze at the FDA Threatens Safety of Food Supply, Current Staffers Say
FDA staffers tell CR how the suspension of their discretionary spending is threatening the safety of the American food supply ...
Trump’s pick to lead FDA tells senators he’d look into food, abortion pill, vaccine advisers
President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the US Food and Drug Administration told senators in a tense confirmation hearing ...