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Trump officials propose new requirements for food additives and ingredients

Headline from WPRI Providence, on the newest of 2 developments

U.S. health officials on Monday proposed a rule change that would require food manufacturers to notify regulators before introducing new ingredients or additives into processed or packaged foods.

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Developments in this update

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  1. FDA seeks to close decadeslong loophole for food additives

    Headline from WMUR ·

  2. Newest

    Trump officials propose new requirements for food additives and ingredients

    Headline from WPRI Providence ·

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Reports & sources

61 articles, oldest first.

  1. KTVZ Bend

    FDA seeks to close decadeslong loophole for food additives (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    KTVZ Bend's feed description

    By Sarah Owermohle, Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration released a long-awaited plan to close a loophole in food regulation that lets manufacturers put certain chemicals in products without notifying national food regulators.

  2. Winchester Star

    Trump officials propose new scrutiny of food additives and ingredients (opens Winchester Star)

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    Winchester Star's feed description

    U.S. health officials want food manufacturers to provide more information about new additives and ingredients. Under a proposal announced Monday, food companies would have to notify the Food and Drug Administration before introducing new colors, flavorings, sweeteners and other ingredients…

  3. WPRI Providence

    Trump officials propose new requirements for food additives and ingredients (opens WPRI Providence)

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    WPRI Providence's feed description

    U.S. health officials on Monday proposed a rule change that would require food manufacturers to notify regulators before introducing new ingredients or additives into processed or packaged foods.

  4. The Guardian

    FDA proposes new food ingredient rule but skips defining ‘ultra-processed’ (opens The Guardian)

    Published

    The Guardian's feed description

    Move closes loophole but doesn’t include definition of ultra-processed foods, promised earlier this year The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is changing its rules on how food manufacturers notify them of ingredients brought to the market – but the Trump administration has once again punted on …

  5. New Hampshire Union Leader

    FDA moves to increase oversight of food additives (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    New Hampshire Union Leader's feed description

    The Food and Drug Administration on Monday took steps to increase oversight of food additives as part of the Trump administration's "Make America Healthy Again" initiative.

  6. Quartz

    HHS is proposing to require food makers to disclose their own safety findings to the FDA (opens Quartz)

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    Quartz's feed description

    The rule would close a decades-old gap that let manufacturers add ingredients to food without alerting federal regulators

  7. Phl17

    FDA working to close 'GRAS' food-additive loophole: What is it? (opens Phl17)

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    Phl17's feed description

    The proposal would change a decades-old policy that advocates have called a regulatory loophole, blaming it for allowing thousands of unvetted ingredients into the U.S. food supply.

  8. UPI

    FDA proposes new regulations on food ingredients (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    The FDA proposed a new rule on Monday calling for food companies to disclose the addition of new ingredients in their products to the government.

  9. Wyoming Tribune Eagle

    Proposed rule would require companies to notify FDA of new food additives (opens Wyoming Tribune Eagle)

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    Wyoming Tribune Eagle's feed description

    (The Center Square) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to increase federal oversight of the food supply by requiring manufacturers to notify the agency when claiming a new chemical additive is safe for human or animal consumption.

  10. WDIO Duluth

    Ticker- food additives rule change (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    WDIO Duluth's feed description

    U.S. health officials propose a rule change requiring food manufacturers to notify regulators before introducing new ingredients or additives into processed or packaged foods.

  11. The Boston Globe

    FDA moves toward tighter restrictions on food ingredients (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Boston Globe's feed description

    The Trump administration proposed a new rule Monday that would require food companies to tell the government when they are adding new ingredients to their products, moving to close a longstanding loophole decried by food safety experts as a major weakness in the regulation of the nation’s food suppl…

  12. Deseret News

    FDA introduces proposal to increase transparency of chemicals in food products (opens Deseret News)

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    Deseret News's feed description

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced a proposed rule that would require more transparency around what ingredients are being put in food. The proposal would close a food regulation loophole that allows companies to put certain chemicals in products without informing the FDA.

  13. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Proposed FDA rule seeks food updates (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    WASHINGTON -- U.S. health officials on Monday proposed a rule change that would require food manufacturers to notify regulators before introducing new ingredients or additives into processed or packaged foods.

  14. Richmond Times-Dispatch

    FDA wants to increase food-additive oversight (opens Richmond Times-Dispatch)

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    Richmond Times-Dispatch's feed description

    WASHINGTON — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration took steps Monday to increase oversight of food additives as part of the Trump administration's "Make America Healthy Again" initiative.

  15. Time

    The Trump Administration Wants More Food Ingredient Disclosure (opens Time)

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    Time's feed description

    A new proposed rule would make companies reveal when they add new substances to food.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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