The California Assembly, where the current multi-state movement to ban certain food additives began two years ago, has acted again; this time, its focus is on California’s $1.6 billion school lunch program.

In its latest action, the California Assembly has sent the state Senate a bill that prohibits, commencing July

Continue Reading California Assembly approves bill to shield school children from ‘harmful’ food dyes

Pennsylvania State Rep. Natalie Mihalek has introduced House Bill 2116, to prohibit certain substances in food in the state.

Today, Rep. Mihalek, Rep. Melissa Shusterman, and Sen. Devlin Robinson are hosting a press conference on this legislation. Pennsylvania is the fourth state to consider such legislation after California, New York

Continue Reading Ban on some food additives finds opposition in Pennsylvania Legislature

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

Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below. 

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