Health Officials Challenge GRAS Loophole in War on Ultraprocessed Foods
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Two public health leaders clash over ultraprocessed foods and the GRAS safety loophole: Kessler urges revoking GRAS status for many additives unless proven safe, while Kennedy Jr. seeks tighter oversight to curb the market’s flood of processed ingredients. The report links ultraprocessed foods to obesity and cardiometabolic disease, discusses farm subsidies that underwrite unhealthy calories, and notes a pending lawsuit against manufacturers along with calls for greater food-safety transparency.
- Human "biology was never intended to handle" ultraprocessed foods, former FDA head David Kessler warns CBS News
- Kennedy says FDA "will act on" ultra-processed foods petition, but indicates no new rules Axios
- Kennedy Promises Action, Though Not Regulation, on Ultraprocessed Foods The New York Times
- CBS News’ ‘60 Minutes’ Gives RFK Jr. Stage for MAHA Rant The Daily Beast
- Kennedy says he’ll act on legal challenge to ultra-processed foods statnews.com
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