The Health and Human Services Secretary directed the FDA to consider eliminating a pathway that allowed companies to "self-affirm" whether their ingredients are safe for consumption.

The FDA’s GRAS rule lets companies decide if food additives are safe—without agency oversight. RFK Jr. now aims to close this ...

In a Q&A, NIH addiction chief Nora Volkow speaks about RFK Jr.'s policy shake-ups, 12-step recovery limits, and why overdose ...

Activists have slammed the GRAS program, arguing it allows companies to "self-certify" the safety of food additives.

The nation's top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is taking steps to tighten oversight of chemicals in the U.S. food ...

U.S. secretary of health and human services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has directed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

The practice Kennedy is targeting, known as “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS), can occur when companies self-certify the safety of a food additive.

Mr. Kennedy told executives of major food companies that he wants synthetic colors removed from their products. “Decision ...

RFK Jr. prioritizes debunked vaccine conspiracies over real public health threats, ignoring rising outbreaks of measles, influenza, and pertussis. His rejection of scientific consensus endangers ...

There is little hope for my countrymen and countrywomen. It could also be that there will be little impact with RFK Jr at the helm. His pronouncements are so outlandish that they may be met with a ...

Maryland Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, who is black, grilled RFK Jr about the remark while asking him how he thought she should have been vaccinated differently. RFK Jr referred to some papers ...

But according to The Bulwark’s Sam Stein, RFK Jr. is requiring that his staff comply. Stein posted a screenshot to X of an email from HHS ordering staff to answer the OPM email. RFK Jr. urging ...