The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced a proposed rule that would require more transparency around what ingredients are being put in food. The proposal would close a food regulation loophole that allows companies to put certain chemicals in products without informing the FDA. Food manufacturers would have to notify the agency when using ingredients that are generally recognized as safe, or GRAS, in their products, per CNN. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News“We don’t even know exactly how many chemicals are in the food that Americans eat every day,” Kennedy said on Monday when the proposal was unveiled, per CNN. What you need to know about the new FDA proposalActing FDA Commissioner Kyle Diamantas told reporters Monday morning that the plan “lays a blueprint designed to work effectively for FDA oversight, responsible industry, and consumer safety advocates alike.”