FDA allows companies to decide what food additives are safe. That may be changing.
The Food and Drug Administration lets companies self-report whether a chemical they add to food is safe. That may be changing with the Trump Administration.
Beyond Pesticides8h
Can FDA Step In When EPA Fails to Ensure Safety from Pesticide Mixtures in Food?
When Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced last week that he is directing the U.S. Food and ...
KFF Health News2d
Journalists Share How Additives Enter Food Supply and Measles Harms Kids’ Immune Systems
KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a ...
Scientific American2d
Scientist’s Study Led FDA to Ban Red No. 3 Food Dye. Yet He Says It Is Safe
Joseph Borzelleca published a study on the food coloring Red No. 3. The FDA cited his work when banning the additive in ...
Food Dive3d
RFK Jr wants to close a ‘loophole’ in food additive regulation
The Health and Human Services Secretary directed the FDA to consider eliminating a pathway that allowed companies to "self-affirm" whether their ingredients are safe for consumption.
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 ...
Food Safety News3d
The legacy of leadership in food safety: A call to keep moving forward
Sixteen years ago today, on March 14, 2009, President Barack Obama addressed the nation with a clear and urgent message: Food safety is not ...
FOX 26 Houston4d
RFK Jr. seeks to eliminate FDA’s GRAS 'loophole' to improve food ingredient safety
The Health and Human Services secretary is pushing to change a program that allows companies to add untested ingredients to ...
Just Food6d
RFK Jr. directs FDA to tighten up food safety rules
Now, in office, Kennedy, also known as RFK Jr., has directed the FDA to revise safety rules to help eliminate a provision ...
RFK Jr. to change FDA rule that allows companies to hide food ingredient safety data
Kennedy said the move is intended to improve consumer safety by increasing transparency in what is in the food people consume, especially ultraprocessed foods.
RFID Journal6d
FSMA 204 Explainer– How RFID is Helping to Prepare for High-Risk Food Records Mandate
Operators and retailers are undertaking FSMA pilots with RFID tags on products packed into cases, which then serves as the ...
Food Processing10d
A Year of Regulatory Deadlines
Time is running out on meeting rules from both food safety agencies; here’s what you need to be working on this year.