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GRAS Self-Affirmation for Food Ingredients – To Be or Not to Be?
What Happened: HHS Secretary Kennedy directed FDA to consider removing the current self-affirmation pathway for determining that a food ingredient is Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS). Who’s ...
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Strict rules that govern food packaging in the US
The FDA conducts detailed safety assessments of all food contact materials, considering factors like chemical migration and ...
What’s really in your food? RFK Jr. wants to close this FDA approval loophole
The U.S. health secretary has vowed to close an FDA loophole that has allowed food companies to self-police the safety of new ...
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RFK Jr takes aim at self-GRAS process, but what does it mean in practice?
Proposals to eliminate the self-affirmed GRAS pathway have sent shockwaves through the food industry. But what do they mean ...
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Kennedy asks FDA to revise 'self-affirm' rule for food ingredient safety
"For far too long, ingredient manufacturers and sponsors have exploited a loophole that has allowed new ingredients and ...
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RFK Jr. Calls to End the Self-Affirming GRAS “Loophole”
Through an Order that the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK) ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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RFK Jr. directs FDA to tighten up food safety rules
The Health Secretary wants to eliminate a provision that allows companies to self-affirm that food ingredients are safe.
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RFK, Jr. seeking to eliminate self-affirmed GRAS
RFK, Jr., is directing the acting FDA commissioner to explore the elimination of the self-affirmed GRAS pathway for ...
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Kennedy orders FDA to review food ingredient loophole
US Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. directs the Food and Drug Administration to explore revamping ...
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.