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Wednesday, April 02, 2025
The Food and Drug Administration, picking up a key priority of the "Make America Healthy Again" movement, will consider potential rulemaking to eliminate the self-affirmed Generally Recognized as Safe pathway for food ingredients and chemicals.
President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Food and Drug Administration, Martin Makary, said at his Senate confirmation hearing he wants to take a close look at chemicals in food and make school meals healthier.
As the new Secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has set his sights on studying and potentially reducing the number of chemicals in the U.S. food supply.
FDA's Human Foods Program released its 2025 Priority Deliverables today, which details the primary focuses for its first year under the reorganization. Highlights include a goal to issue guidance on action levels for lead in food intended for infants and young children, finalizing the rule on the “healthy” claim and proposing a rule on front of package nutrition labeling.
To kick off this year’s National Food Policy Conference by the Consumer Federation of America, Jim Jones, deputy commissioner of the FDA's human foods program, updated industry stakeholders and observers on efforts to revamp the agency’s food and nutrition efforts.
