Food and Drug Administration, Kennedy Jr. and GRAS program

RFK Jr. Wants to Close a Controversial FDA Loophole in Food Additive Regulation
For decades, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's GRAS rule has allowed untested additives into the food supply. Can RFK Jr. fix it?
RFK Jr. targets FDA’s ‘self-certify’ food additive program
Activists have slammed the GRAS program, arguing it allows companies to "self-certify" the safety of food additives.
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 food.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. orders FDA to close food ingredients loophole
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ordered the Food and Drug Administration on Monday to revise its rule allowing food companies to "self-affirm" that its ingredients are safe.
RFK Jr. Asks FDA to Explore Eliminating Self-Affirmed GRAS Rule
The ‘Generally Recognized As Safe’ process apparently would continue – if only for a while – but would require FDA notification.
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.
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. Pushes for Stricter Oversight of Chemicals in Food
The nation's top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is taking steps to tighten oversight of chemicals in the U.S. food supply, a key component of his “Make America Healthy Again” agenda. On March 10,
RFK Jr. wants to eliminate FDA’s controversial food additive program. Here’s why that matters
It’s time to revamp the FDA’s “generally recognized as safe,” or GRAS, program that allows companies to add untested ingredients to food, the Health and Human Services secretary says. That may be difficult to do.
RFK Jr. wants to completely remove the FDA's food additive program as part of MAHA campaign
For far too long, ingredient manufacturers and sponsors have exploited a loophole that has allowed new ingredients and chemicals, often with unknown safety data, to be introduced into the U.S. food supply without notification to the FDA or the public,
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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 the food coloring Red No. 3. The FDA cited his work when banning the additive in ...
RFK Jr.’s first month as health secretary: Touting French fries, casting doubts on vaccines
There sat Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s top health official, at a Steak ’n Shake with Fox News host Sean Hannity, ...
RFK Jr. Says Vaccinating Birds Against Avian Flu Will Create ‘Mutation Factories’
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addressed the worsening avian flu crisis, saying vaccinating birds turns them into “mutation factories.
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President Donald Trump and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said they will be studying the "threat" to children posed by antidepressants and obesity medications. Robert F Kennedy Jr ...
What are the worst ultra-processed foods? Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants change for U.S. food policies — and so do researchers in Canada
Ultra-processed foods are a major part of the Canadian diet, and a recent study indicates these products are contributing to health problems and deaths in the country. The research, published earlier ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Downplays Measles Vaccine as Cases Surge
Dr. Paul Offit — director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia who recently spoke with HealthDay about COVID — said that if vaccine-induced immunity waned ...
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ‘tells Big Food to ditch artificial dyes’
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has reportedly met with big food companies and told them to remove artificial dyes.
US aims to ban artificial colours from food items completely: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. aims to eliminate artificial colour additives from food by the end of his term, ...