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 ...

The FDA will also update its list of chemicals currently under review, including synthetic antioxidant food additives butylated hydroxyanisole, butylated hydroxytoluene, and azodicarbonamide ...

Food chemical safety is among Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") top priorities as it rolls out a new Human Foods Program, amid a flurry of federal and state legislation addressing food additive ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

For now, the FDA’s decision remains pending, but its implications extend far beyond a single red dye. This potential ban represents a broader conversation about food safety, consumer health and ...

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 ...