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 ...
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 ...
Beyond Pesticides18h
FDA Asked to Stop Food and Chemical Industry from Classifying “Safe” Food Ingredients without Review
In establishing the Make America Healthy Again Commission in February, the President tapped Secretary of the U.S. Department ...
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 ...
National Law Review7d
HHS Secretary Kennedy Directs FDA to Explore Rulemaking to Eliminate Self-Affirmed GRAS Pathway
On March 10, 2025, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that he is ...
FOX 26 Houston12d
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 ...
New Food Magazine3d
RFK’s push for food safety reform: experts analyse the debate over GRAS
Explore RFK Jr's push for GRAS reform and its impact on food safety. Experts David Acheson and Dr Darin Detwiler discuss ...
JD Supra5d
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 ...
RFK Jr. details first baby formula review in decades amid concerns over contaminants, supply chain
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. discussed a new initiative aimed at improving the safety and nutritional value of baby ...
AFN7d
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 ...
National Law Review11d
HHS Secretary Kennedy Directs FDA to Consider Eliminating Self-GRAS Determinations
Is this the start of RFK, Jr., making good on his promise to transform the food industry? Newly appointed Secretary of Health ...
Grocery Dive7d
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 ...