Health Officials Challenge GRAS Loophole in War on Ultraprocessed Foods
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.