US FDA announces online database to track food contaminants
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday launched an online searchable database listing contaminant levels in human ...
Food Safety Jeopardized by Onslaught of Funding and Staff Cuts
The Trump administration halted some food testing and shut down a committee studying bacteria in infant formula. Earlier ...
Trump Administration Postpones Deadline for Companies to Record and Trace Tainted Food
A law passed in 2011 required food companies to track food in the event of contamination and a recall. The administration ...
Kennedy asks FDA to revise 'self-affirm' rule for food ingredient safety
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. directed the Food and Drug Administration on Monday to revise ...
Green Beans Recalled Over ‘Foreign Object’ Contamination Concerns, Per FDA
Good and Gather canned green beans were recalled over potential contamination with a foreign object. Del Monte Foods has ...
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Food safety leaders express concerns about recent cuts in FDA workforce
The Department of Government Efficiency has cut staff at the Food and Drug Administration, including employees in food safety roles.
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FDA allows companies to decide what food additives are safe. That may be changing.
But the Trump administration’s initial moves to reduce staff at the FDA led the director of its food safety unit, Jim Jones, to resign last month and raised fears among food safety specialists ...
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FDA launches online database for chemical containment levels in food
The FDA unveiled the Chemical Contaminants Transparency Tool, a searchable online database that provides a list of chemical contaminant types and levels used to evaluate possible harm in foods meant ...
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 ...
RFK Jr. plans to eliminate GRAS food standards for most products
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced his intention to eliminate the Generally Recognized As Safe standards for most domestic products.
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Baby Boom Breakthrough: Operation Stork Speed Ushers in New Era of Infant Formula Safety and Supply in the USA
Operation Stork Speed is a U.S. initiative to ensure safe, available infant formula, involving contaminant testing and ...