- FDA is “set to rehire some of the staff that was let go during mass firings in the past three months.” Earlier this year around 3,500 FDA employees, or
Draft FDA Budget Proposes Cutting Funding, Shifting Food Inspections to States
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- As first reported by the Washington Post, an internal draft budget document suggests significant cuts to HHS, including cuts to FDA, NIH, and CDC. According to the draft budget
Pennsylvania Introduces Several Bills Aimed at GRAS Ingredients and Additive Restrictions
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- Last week, Pennsylvania introduced HB 1130, a bill that would introduce mandatory reporting and transparency requirements for substances considered “safe” under federal law. If passed, companies using generally recognized
FDA Releases Results from Bottled Water PFAS Testing
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- FDA recently shared the final results from the testing of domestic and imported bottled water collected at retail locations across the U.S. for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Of the
FDA Suspends Food Safety Quality Checks Amid Staff Cuts
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- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently suspended its food safety quality checks due to significant staff cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). FDA
Alliance for Natural Health Calls for Reform to Self-GRAS
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- The Alliance for Natural Health (ANH) has published a white paper calling for the “balanced reform” of the GRAS system.
- The ANH announcement comes shortly after HHS Secretary Robert F.
Texas Attorney General Investigating “Healthy” Claims in Cereal
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- On April 5, 2025, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced an investigation of W.K. Kellogg Co. (Kellogg) for potential violation of Texas consumer protection laws, alleging that Kellogg’s marketing of
FDA Announces “Operation Stork Speed”
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- On March 18, 2025, FDA announced that, at the direction of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., it is “taking steps to enhance its efforts to ensure
FDA Announces a “Chemical Contaminants Transparency Tool” to Evaluate Potential Health Risks of Contaminants in Human Foods.
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- On March 20, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the availability of a Chemical Contaminants Transparency Tool, a database intended to provide users with a list of
FDA Completes Pre-Market Consultation for Food Made With Cultured Pork Fat Cells
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- On March 7, 2025, FDA announced that is has no questions regarding a human food product made from cultured pork fat cells, finding that the defined production process results in