- On August 6, 2025, Former Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), David Kessler, submitted a citizen petition calling on FDA to limit refined carbohydrates used in industrial
FDA Publishes 2025 Guidance Agenda
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- On June 30, 2025, FDA’s Human Foods Program published its proposed 2025 guidance agenda, including the Agency’s priority topics for new or revised guidance documents, as we previously blogged
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
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.
RFK Jr. Pushes to Ban Synthetic Dyes in Food
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- On March 10, 2025, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr., met with executives at major companies across the food and beverage
HHS Secretary Kennedy Directs FDA to Explore Rulemaking to Eliminate Self-Affirmed GRAS Pathway
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- On March 10, 2025, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that he is directing the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) “to
AAFCO Approves New Regulatory Pathway for Animal Food Ingredients
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- On January 22, 2025, the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) membership approved a proposal from Kansas State University’s Olathe Innovation Campus (Olathe) to provide the scientific review for
FDA Finalizes New Enforcement Policy for Animal Feed Ingredients; AAFCO Proposes Expert Panel Ingredient Review Process at K-State Olathe
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- On October 23, 2024, The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized its guidance document on its enforcement policy for animal feed ingredients, following the sunsetting of FDA’s longstanding Memorandum
Rep. DeLauro Introduces Toxic Free Food Act
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- Representative Rosa DeLauro has introduced the Toxic Free Food Act to require FDA to “close the ‘Generally Recognized as Safe’ (GRAS) loophole and make chemical food additives subject to FDA
FDA Public Meetings on Post-Market Assessment of Chemicals in Food
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- On Wednesday, September 25, 2024, FDA held a public meeting inviting stakeholders to speak on the Agency’s development of an enhanced systematic process for the post-market assessment of chemicals in