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RFK Jr. Wants to Close a Controversial FDA Loophole in Food Additive Regulation
The FDA’s GRAS rule lets companies decide if food additives are safe—without agency oversight. RFK Jr. now aims to close this loophole, requiring companies to notify the FDA of new ingredients and their safety data.
RFK Jr. wants to eliminate FDA’s controversial food additive program. Here’s why that matters
It’s time to revamp the FDA’s “generally recognized as safe,” or GRAS, program that allows companies to add untested ingredients to food, the Health and Human Services secretary says. That may be difficult to do.
RFK Jr. seeks to tighten loophole allowing chemicals in US food supply
The practice Kennedy is targeting, known as “generally recognized as safe,” can occur when companies self-certify the safety of a food additive.
RFK Jr. Pushes for Stricter Oversight of Chemicals in Food
The nation's top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is taking steps to tighten oversight of chemicals in the U.S. food supply, a key component of his “Make America Healthy Again” agenda. On March 10,
RFK Jr. targets FDA's 'self-certify' food additive program | Morning in America
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has criticized the Food and Drug Administration's GRAS, or "generally recognized as safe," program and is urging the FDA to overhaul the approval process for ingredients entering the U.
RFK Jr. spotlights vitamin to fight rapidly spreading measles — but experts say not so fast
In a recent op-ed, HHS secretary RFK Jr. shared his “deep concern” about the measles outbreak and its rapid escalation.
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Senate approves RFK Jr. to serve as Trump's HHS secretary
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. won a vote in the U.S. Senate on Thursday, clearing him to become a member of President Donald Trump's Cabinet. RFK Jr.'s nomination to lead the Department of Health and ...
RFK Jr. Says Vaccinating Birds Against Avian Flu Will Create ‘Mutation Factories’
Kennedy Jr. addressed the worsening avian flu crisis, saying vaccinating birds turns them into “mutation factories." Instead, ...
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U.S. Senate approves Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as Trump's HHS secretary
STARTS RIGHT NOW. WE BEGIN THIS NOON WITH BREAKING NEWS. THE SENATE CONFIRMING ROBERT F KENNEDY JR AS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY. KENNEDY HAD FACED INTENSE SCRUTINY OVER HIS CONTROVERSIAL ...
Vaccine critic RFK Jr backs measles jab amid deadly outbreak in US, calls for increased accessibility
Kennedy, who was just approved as health secretary, has previously made multiple incorrect and deceptive assertions regarding ...
RFK Jr. pauses Peninsula company's oral Covid vaccine clinical trial
Federal funding for a Bay Area biotech company's potential half-billion-dollar oral Covid-19 vaccine project has been paused ...
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RFK Jr. targets childhood psychiatric drugs; doctors push back
Kennedy Jr. has made psychiatric medications a focus of his review ... “We have very few psychiatric medications that are FDA-approved for the use in children,” Crawford noted, referring to the ...
RFK Jr. warns vaccinating poultry for bird flu could backfire
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warned vaccines could turn "birds into mutant factories." ...
RFK Jr. has long history of spreading false or misleading vaccine claims
Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the newly confirmed health secretary for the Trump administration who has called for sweeping policy changes, has made numerous false and misleading claims about vaccine safety.