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RFK Jr Moves to Eliminate GRAS and Synthetic Dyes

By Food Safety Tech Staff
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Eliminating GRAS would require companies seeking to introduce new ingredients in foods to publicly notify the FDA of their intended use of such ingredients, along with underlying safety data, before they are introduced in the food supply. Mr. Kennedy also warned food companies that they should anticipate significant change as a result of his quest for “getting the worst ingredients out” of food.

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USDA Terminates National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) and National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI).

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Two key food safety advisory committees have been terminated—the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) and National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI).

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