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FDA Wants More Information From Food Makers On New Food Chemicals

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 12, 2026 — For decades, food manufacturers have been able to decide what food chemicals were safe enough to add to their products based on general government guidel...

FDA Outlines Four Public Health Pillars, Reaffirms Food Priorities

Food-related priorities under the four pillars include post-market ingredient safety reviews, GRAS reform, food labeling modernization, and reducing dietary exposure to contaminant...

FDA steps up import enforcement on infant formula, seafood, dried peppers

The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.Re...

HHS Proposes Reforms to the “Generally Recognized As Safe” Pathway

On August 10, 2026, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy made two major announcements related to the...

Tell FDA: Tighten Restrictions on Food Additives and Ingredients

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing a rule change to require food companies to notify regulators before introducing ingredients or additives into processed or packa...

FDA steps up enforcement on imported seafood, candy, canned foods

The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.Re...

F.D.A. Moves Toward Tighter Restrictions on Food Ingredients

A proposed rule would require companies to notify the agency about ingredients they are using, but it is unclear if the agency has the resources to vet them all.

Canada’s Proposed Food Packaging Framework Would Require Notification of FCMs

FDA Advises Businesses to Protect Their Food Facility Registration Information

Study Proposes Grouping Approach to Prioritize Hazardous Food Contact Chemicals, Prevent Regrettable Substitutions

According to the researchers, 1,222 FCCs are already known to be hazardous to human health, and more than 13,000 lack sufficient data to determine safety. Until adequate data becom...

FDA Calls On Infant Formula Industry to Safeguard Against Contaminants Introduced Through Supply Chains

FDA steps enforcement on imported food including dried peppers, seafood

The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.Re...

Health department announces plans for GRAS substances and ultra-processed foods

Consumer groups say the measures fall short

Following Infant Formula Incidents, FDA Urges Manufacturers to Implement Stronger, Substantive Supplier Oversight

The letter to industry was issued in response to the botulism outbreaks linked to Nara Organics and ByHeart formulas, which identified Clostridia in the whole milk powder ingredien...

Imported seafood, mushrooms, canned food among products subject to increased FDA scrutiny

The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.Re...

FDA Receives Color Additive Petitions for Three ‘Natural’ Food Dyes

Aligning with the agency’s priority of supporting agency in phasing out synthetic colorants from the food supply, the petitions seek expanded or new uses for gardenia (genipin) blu...

FDA steps up import enforcement on seafood, tamarind and other products

The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.Re...

FDA Posts Caffeine Disclosure Citizen Petition

On August 5, 2026, FDA posted a Citizen Petition from The Food Foundations Project requesting that the Agency initiate rulemaking to require caffeine disclosures on caffeine-contai...

FDA Proposes Mandatory GRAS Notifications for Ingredients Introduced to U.S. Food Supply

Importantly, the proposal would not establish a premarket review and approval process for GRAS substances. Companies could still independently conclude that a substance is GRAS and...

Regulatory Aspects of Food Additives

This article discusses the regulatory aspects of food additives, along with how and why they are needed and developed.

FDA seeks greater oversight of food ingredients through proposed GRAS rule changes

The Food and Drug Administration says it is taking steps to increase transparency in the food safety system.  Acting commissioner Kyle Diamantas says the FDA has proposed changes t...

FDA lays out plan to close ingredients ‘loophole’ targeted by RFK Jr

The agency released a proposal requiring companies to provide more information on chemicals self-affirmed as safe under the controversial GRAS framework.

FDA's Proposed Mandatory GRAS Rule: What Food Safety Professionals Need to Know

FDA recently proposed the most significant changes to its GRAS framework since 1958. For companies managing ingredient compliance, the proposed mandatory filing obligations raise q...

Center for Food Safety: Staff Attorney

Headquarters: San Francisco URL: https://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/ Staff Attorney Location: The position is preferred to be based in either Portland, Oregon, or the Sa...