Proposed Rule Would Require Companies to Notify FDA of New food...

Proposed rule would require companies to notify FDA of new food...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to increase federal oversight of the food supply by requiring manufacturers to notify the agency when claiming a new chemical additive is safe for human or animal consumption. For nearly 70 years, the FDA has relied on a voluntary disclosure system where manufacturers are allowed to self-certify their own chemical products as "Generally Recognized as Safe," or GRAS. As a result, thousands of chemical a…

HHS announces participants in hospital food pledge

The Department of Health and Human Services Aug. 14 announced that three health systems have signed the agency’s voluntary pledge related to hospital efforts on healthy food. HHS noted that those systems — Corewell Health in Michigan, Houston Methodist in Texas and Sanford Health in South Dakota — are represented by the past, current and incoming chair of the AHA.Among other items, the “Make Hospital Food Healthier Pledge" asks hospitals to alig…

FDA And HHS Increase Regulations On Food Additives

WASHINGTON D.C.—On August 10, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK) issued a press release announcing landmark food policy reforms. The new policies are part of Secretary Kennedy and President Trump’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) initiative. Photo Credit: Kelsey Todd  The FDA and the HHS have introduced a new reporting policy procedure for both human and animal-grade foods and substance…