RFK Jr. Announces Policy Changes Designed to Modernize Oversight of Food Ingredients

Kennedy brought Americans back to the day that he and President Donald Trump promised to make America healthy again and “transform our food systems and confront one of the most powerful drivers of America’s chronic disease crisis.”

“Almost exactly two years later, we’re here celebrating the most transformative 18 months of food reform in modern American history. And today we’re taking two more historic steps to deliver on that promise that we made two years ago,” Kennedy said, announcing the proposal of a rule that would require manufacturers “to notify the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) when concluding that the use of a substance added to human or animal food is Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS).” HHS, along with the Department of Agriculture, is also submitting the government’s final definition of ultra-processed foods.

“We’re proposing a rule that would end the practice of companies making GRAS determinations without notifying the FDA, the proposal will give the agency greater visibility into the substances that are entering our food supply,” he said.

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