FDA Delivers GRAS Proposal That Adds Transparency but Doesn’t Address Status of Existing Self-Affirmed Ingredients; What’s ‘Ultraprocessed’? RFK’s ‘Landmark’ Proposal So Far Doesn’t Include Actual Definition

FDA today served up new requirement on so-called GRAS ingredients while also offering long-awaited definition of ultraprocessed food, addressing two hotwire issues with avowedly “landmark” policy prescriptions that seemed to irk most sides on both of those debates. Proposal will be refined over coming mos as comment period opens.

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Publishing Info

  • Year: 2026
  • Volume: 23
  • Issue #: 159
  • Issue Date: 08/10/2026