By Leah DouglasWASHINGTON, Aug 10 (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday took steps to increase oversight of food additives as part of the Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” initiative. The FDA on Monday issued a proposed rule that would require food manufacturers to notify the agency when they deem a food additive to be “Generally Recognized as Safe,” or GRAS, according to HHS. Since 1958, food companies have been permitted to self-affirm that food ingredients are safe without a full government review. The proposed rule would make that notification mandatory and expand a public inventory of those notices, the agency said. The rule is being undertaken to “increase transparency and consumer confidence in the food supply,” acting FDA Commissioner Kyle Diamantas said in a call with reporters.