Last week, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs released the spring 2025 edition of the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda). This semiannual ...

Behind every significant advance in US food safety lies a public health disaster that forced Congress to act. A regulatory carve-out, the GRAS loophole, a long-standing exception intended for harmless ...

This year, many in Congress have been working on bills to reform the Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) protocols for food ingredients. In the past week, this included Sen. Roger Marshall’s Better ...

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Proposed legislation would require manufacturers to notify FDA of GRAS determinations, mandate public comment periods and require routine post-market reassessment of chemicals in food and packaging ...

A wave of state laws aiming to ban certain chemicals from the food supply and create greater transparency in how additives are approved is reshaping the regulatory landscape and placing new scrutiny ...

LAS VEGAS — While the shutdown of the US government continues, the fate of self-affirmed GRAS (ingredients generally recognized as safe) remains on hold as well. The US Food and Drug Administration ...

WASHINGTON — The US Food and Drug Administration has added a proposed rule to its spring 2026 agenda that requires the mandatory submission of Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) notices for the use ...

Generally recognized as safe (GRAS) has been the law of the land in the United States regarding food and beverage ingredients for decades. With MAHA’s stated quest to ensure that our food is made with ...

Onego Bio, a food ingredient company producing egg protein through precision fermentation, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a “no questions” letter regarding ...