
On March 10, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that U.S. Secretary of HHS Robert F. Kennedy Jr. directed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to explore closing the GRAS self-affirmation “loophole” for additives in food products.
In the statement issued by HSS, Secretary Kennedy claimed that “[i]ngredient manufacturers and sponsors have exploited a loophole that has allowed new ingredients and chemicals—often with unknown safety data—to be introduced into the US food supply without notification to the FDA or the public.”