As part of its attempt to force food companies to voluntarily stop using artificial food dyes, the FDA has approved three dyes that it says come from natural sources.
Galdieria extract blue, butterfly pea flower extract and calcium phosphate can all be used now by any food manufacturer for color-approved
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The FDA is delaying implementation of a rule that would require food companies to print nutritional information on the front labels of their products.
The proposed rule was developed by President Biden’s Administration with a comment period on it scheduled to close on May 16. The rule is designed to
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The Food and Drug Administration is set to rehire some of the staff that was let go during mass firings in the past three months.
The rehires will include some food safety inspectors and some scientists who test food for bacteria and other contaminants. Former FDA leaders and employees have
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After a big buildup about a press conference on banning artificial food dyes, the country’s top food leaders offered little in the way of how they would do so.
On a stage with mothers and children behind them, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Food and
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Federal officials say the FDA will begin phasing out approval of synthetic food dyes that are petroleum based.
In a media memo released on April 21, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary said they would make a joint
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Recent media stories about the status of cruise ship health inspections have confused companies and consumers because of staff reductions at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
However, the CDC is continuing the inspections under the Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP), according to a statement by an agency spokesperson to
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A research team at New York University has come up with a way to fund FDA food programs, including food safety, without using government money.
The team suggests that user fees be implemented — as they already are for the medical and tobacco programs of the Food and Drug Administration.
Continue Reading Researchers say business user fees could ease budget woes at FDA and enhance food safety
Both the FDA and the CDC know what romaine lettuce grower is responsible for a deadly outbreak of E. coli O157 infections in late 2024, but the agencies won’t release that grower’s name.
In February reports just obtained by Food Safety News, the Food and Drug Administration and the
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— OPINION —
By Sarah Sorscher
Correction: This column was originally published under another author’s byline. It was written by Sarah Sorscher of CSPI.
Deadly Listeria in shakes served at nursing homes. Disease-causing E. coli linked to onions served in McDonald’s. Salmonella in cucumbers landing 155 people in the hospital. These are just a few
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Two former FDA leaders have taken to social media to say that the agency as we know it no longer exists.
Robert Califf, who stepped down from his post as Food and Drug Administration commissioner earlier this year, wrote on LinkedIn that the agency “is finished.” His pronouncement came as
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