Summary

Article Metadata

FDA's Food Additive Regulation Loophole

This is a U.S. news story, published by CNBC, that relates primarily to FDA news.

U.S. news

For more U.S. news, you can click here:

environmental science news

For more environmental science news, you can click here:

more environmental science news

CNBC news

For more news from CNBC, you can click here:

more news from CNBC

About the Otherweb

Otherweb, Inc is a public benefit corporation, dedicated to improving the quality of news people consume. We are non-partisan, junk-free, and ad-free. We use artificial intelligence (AI) to remove junk from your news feed, and allow you to select the best science news, business news, entertainment news, and much more. If you like environmental science news, you might also like this article about

ingredient safety regulations

. We are dedicated to bringing you the highest-quality news, junk-free and ad-free, about your favorite topics. Please come every day to read the latest International Food Additives Council news, FDA news, environmental science news, and other high-quality news about any topic that interests you. We are working hard to create the best news aggregator on the web, and to put you in control of your news feed - whether you choose to read the latest news through our website, our news app, or our daily newsletter - all free!

new food additives

CNBC

CNBC

•

Science

Science

How the FDA's approval for food additives works, and why experts say a loophole allows companies to bypass it

CNBC

Summary

Nutrition label

80% Informative

The FDA regulates 80% of the U.S. food supply and places ingredient safety regulations under its authority.

According to a 1958 law, companies looking to introduce a new food additive into the food supply are supposed to file a petition with the FDA .

However, experts say a legal loophole has allowed companies to bypass this process entirely.

VR Score

79

Informative language

75

Neutral language

72

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

60

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

External references

3

https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/2022/04/ewg-analysis-almost-all-new-food-chemicals-greenlighted-industry-not-fda#:~:text=By%20contrast%2C%20for%20756%20of%20766%20new%20food%20chemicals%20added%20to%20the%20food%20supply%20since%20then%2C%20or%2098.7%20percent%2C%20these%20companies%20have%20exploited%20a%20loophole%20for%20substances%20that%20are%20%E2%80%9Cgenerally%20recognized%20as%20safe%2C%E2%80%9D%20or%20GRAS.%20The%20loophole%20lets%20them%20%E2%80%93%20not%20the%20FDA%20%E2%80%93%20decide%20a%20substance%20is%20safe.https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/human-foods-program/human-food-program-hfp-fy-2025-priority-deliverables#:~:text=The%20FDA%20is%20responsible%20for,reorganization%20on%20October%201%2C%202024.https://www.fda.gov/food/generally-recognized-safe-gras/fdas-approach-gras-provision-history-processes#:~:text=Under%20the%201958%20Food%20Additives%20Amendment%20to%20the%20Federal%20Food%2C%20Drug%2C%20and%20Cosmetic%20Act%2C%20any%20substance%20intentionally%20added%20to%20food%20is%20a%20food%20additive%20and%20is%20subject%20to%20pre%2Dmarket%20approval%20by%20FDA

Source diversity

2

www.ewg.org www.fda.gov

Affiliate links

no affiliate links

Read full article