HHS Explores Stronger FDA Oversight for Food Ingredients

Lexology March 12, 2025
Holland & Knight LLP

Highlights

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. directed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to explore potential rulemaking opportunities to tighten or eliminate the “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS) standard.
• The announcement marks the first significant step toward achieving the Trump Administration’s goals of promoting healthy food and “radical transparency” by increasing regulatory requirements for food companies and manufacturers.
• This Holland & Knight alert explores the meaning of GRAS and the mechanisms for establishing its status.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on March 10, 2025, that he directed the acting commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to explore...

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