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Exclusive: Group says FDA's proposed food additive safety rule 'toothless'
Consumer Reports says the proposal leaves more than 1,000 additives outside retroactive review and lets companies withhold safety data.
- The Food and Drug Administration proposed a new rule requiring companies to notify the agency when claiming a new additive is "Generally Recognized as Safe," aiming to close a long-neglected regulatory food safety loophole.
- For nearly 70 years, the FDA relied on a voluntary disclosure system allowing manufacturers to self-certify chemical products, leaving more than a thousand additives in the American food supply without rigorous testing or approval.
- Brian Ronholm, director of food policy at Consumer Reports, called the proposal "toothless" because it lacks real consequences for non-compliance, arguing it "fails to address that fundamental regulatory gap that's long plagued this framework."
- Consumer Reports identified that the proposal permits companies to withhold safety data under Freedom of Information Act proprietary exemptions, potentially prioritizing corporate secrecy over transparent scientific evidence.
- Despite the flaws, Ronholm noted the proposal signals progress by sparking national-level conversations about revisiting the GRAS rule, though these discussions have not yet translated into meaningful action.
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Exclusive: Group says FDA’s proposed food additive safety rule ‘toothless’
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Exclusive: Group says FDA's proposed food additive safety rule 'toothless'
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Food and Drug administration has proposed a rule that aims to close a long-neglected regulatory food safety loophole, but consumer advocates warn the effort amounts to a “regulatory mirage.”
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