NEW ORLEANS — Saint Joseph's Night is a cultural and spiritual celebration observed in New Orleans, primarily by the Mardi Gras Indians, on the evening of March 19, the feast day of Saint Joseph.

“We’ve launched a review of the GRAS standards, and we’re going to get rid of the GRAS standards for most products,” Kennedy told Fox News. “The GRAS standards is a standard that was ...

Kaloy’s BBQ served up heaping plates outside the venue. Mardi Gras is French for “Fat Tuesday,” the culmination of a festive season in New Orleans which begins on Jan. 6. Also known as Carni ...

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Kennedy’s order targets the FDA’s Substances Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) rule, which lets manufacturers deem ingredients safe by using internal data, often skipping FDA notification.

Kennedy has begun the process of eliminating a US Food and Drug Administration program called GRAS, or “generally recognized as safe,” that critics say has been abused by the food industry for ...

HHS secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has instructed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to explore “potential rulemaking” to revise and eventually eliminate the self-affirmed Generally Recognized as ...

Federal officials still wanted to reserve surgical masks and N95 masks for frontline health care workers. States then began introducing requirements that individuals wear face coverings in public.

New Orleans, Louisiana hosts a massive, boozy shindig every year. It’s Mardi Gras, home to millions of visitors with a riotous good time on their minds. However, it’s also home to some questionable ...

Despite being cut short by a few hours because of the threat of severe weather, Mardi Gras 2025 was significantly bigger than last year’s Carnival celebration, according to local hoteliers ...

It was a crowded Mardi Gras weekend in Mamou — a town of a little under 3,000 people that receives thousands of additional visitors during one of the busiest seasons in south Louisiana.

CONROE, Texas (KPLC) - The suspect wanted for the deadly shooting in Mamou on Mardi Gras day is behind bars in Montgomery County Texas. Trea’land Ty’rell Castille, 19, was arrested Saturday and is ...