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FDA to require notice of additives in food supply for the first time
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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has railed against the opaque “GRAS loophole” for years, amplifying the critiques consumer advocates have made for decades.
The current scheme has allowed thousands of chemical additives to enter the American food supply without any vetting of their health effects.
AdvertisementThe result is that consumers may not know what they are eating, because even the FDA doesn’t know what food companies are putting in their products.
Congress would need to amend the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 to give FDA that power.
Nestle also wonders whether the FDA has adequate staffing to review GRAS notifications.