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 ...
5 most common food additives and their dangerous side effects
When it comes to clean eating, it means that the food should be free of chemcials and any sort of additive. But, sadly, when ...
These Food Additives in Your US Food Are Banned in Europe—See the List
Many Americans have started to question the quality of ingredients used within their food, some of which are banned in Europe ...
Kennedy spends first month as health secretary downplaying vaccines and targeting food additives
A month into his role as health and human services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s moves on vaccines have worried health ...
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As U.S. punts on ultra-processed food, California seeks to ban ‘particularly harmful’ ones from school lunches
As U.S. punts on ultra-processed food, California seeks to ban "particularly harmful" ones from school lunches.
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House amends food dye/additive ban bill
After sitting in limbo for nine days, the West Virginia House of Delegates took up the state Senate’s changes to a bill ...
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Langworthy introduces bill modernizing regs on farm feed additives
On National Agriculture Day, U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy introduced bipartisan legislation that would modernize U.S. Food and ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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Stool Test Detects Sensitivity to Food Additives
A simple stool test may reveal why some people are sensitive to food emulsifiers such as CMC, offering insights into IBD risk ...
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 ...
Scientist whose work led FDA to ban food dye says agency overstated risk
When the FDA announced in January, before President Joe Biden's term ended, that it would ban a dye called red dye No. 3 in ...