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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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.
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Trump administration cuts reach FDA employees in food safety, medical devices and tobacco products
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s effort to slash the size of the federal workforce reached the Food and Drug Administration this weekend, as recently hired employees who review the ...
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Administration terminating employees at FDA and CDC; some food safety jobs likely impacted
Notice of layoffs went into effect this past weekend for employees at the Food and Drug Administration. Neither the FDA nor the Trump administration have released news about the layoffs ...
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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 "self-affirm" whether their ingredients are safe for consumption.
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F.D.A.’s Food Safety Chief Resigns Over Trump Administration Layoffs
By Christina Jewett Reporting from Washington Jim Jones, the director of the Food and Drug Administration’s food division, resigned on Monday, citing what he called “indiscriminate” layoffs ...