The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has engaged School Health Education Programme (SHEP) Coordinators and Environmental Health ...

Legislative Action: The passage of the California Food Safety Act in 2023, which banned several chemicals for use in food, including brominated vegetable oil (BVO), has put pressure on the FDA to ...

After years of pressure, the FDA said it is strengthening its review of many chemical additives used to enhance color, texture, and durability of food.

Ending the FDA's work to do its own routine food safety inspections might also help alleviate an issue elsewhere at the agency: a backlog of inspections overseas, as well as in other markets like ...

The FDA is trying to get ahead of states as some start to ban food additives. Last year, California banned brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben, and the dye red no. 3.

Here are some of the many factors FDA scientists weigh when looking at food chemical safety: The chemical, why it is in the food, and what’s known about its safety. The amount of the chemical in ...

Layoffs at the FDA, USDA and CDC could erode the U.S. food safety system. Experts aren’t so worried about milk or chicken today; they’re concerned about the future.

We analyzed “Generally Recognized as Safe” notices received by the FDA, obtained via a Freedom of Information request, and found that of the 1,163 submitted by companies between 1997 and April ...

Food additive safety under scrutiny as RFK Jr. meets with industry leaders The Food and Drug Administration is planning to revisit its approval of the food additive ADA, the agency's top foods ...