GRAS reforms are necessary, but current proposals threaten small supplement companies, embolden Big Chemical monopoly An Environmental Defense Fund review found the FDA has consistently failed to enforce a 2016 rule requiring assessment of the cumulative health effects of food additives, allowing hundreds of chemicals into the food supply without this crucial scientific review. The current GRAS system allows companies to “self-certify” ingredients as safe without mandatory FDA notification, a process critics say lacks transparency and rigorous science. New legislative efforts, like a bill from Rep. Frank Pallone, seek to abolish this self-certification and replace it with an FDA pre-approval system…

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