FDA, GRAS and food ingredients

Kennedy asks FDA to revise 'self-affirm' rule for food ingredient safety
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. directed the Food and Drug Administration on Monday to revise safety rules to help eliminate a provision that allows companies to self-affirm that food ingredients are safe.
Closing the GRAS Loophole: Secretary Kennedy’s Plan To Enhance FDA Food Safety Regulations
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. initiated a significant shift in the regulation of ultra-processed foods by directing
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.
Kennedy asks FDA to revise rules for food ingredient safety
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday directed the Food and Drug Administration to revise its food safety guidance to increase its oversight of food ingredients considered to be safe.
RFK Jr. wants to completely remove the FDA's food additive program as part of MAHA campaign
U.S. secretary of health and human services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has directed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to revise its Substances Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) Final Rule in an effort to increase oversight of specific food ingredients and heighten food transparency.
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. targets FDA's 'self-certify' food additive program | Morning in America
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has criticized the Food and Drug Administration's GRAS, or "generally recognized as safe," program and is urging the FDA to overhaul the approval process for ingredients entering the U.

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HHS Explores Stronger FDA Oversight for Food Ingredients
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. directed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to explore potential rulemaking opportunities to tighten or ...
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GRAS no more? Kennedy moves to end self-affirmed food additives
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took aim at a long-criticized food safety loophole on March 10, ...
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HHS Secretary Kennedy Directs FDA to Consider Eliminating Self-GRAS Determinations
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ‘tells Big Food to ditch artificial dyes’
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Does the FDA’s future under Trump 2.0 mean innovation or instability? | Opinion
The founding director of the FDA’s Office of Biotechnology writes that, with FDA approval of medications ultimately vested ...
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 ...
Trump’s FDA nominee grilled on vaccine meeting, agency staffing
Marty Makary, Trump’s pick for FDA commissioner, testified before the Senate health committee Thursday.