Critics maintain the food ingredient GRAS program is broken, allowing manufacturers to circumvent FDA review and ultimately jeopardizing public health.
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Receives TSCA Section 21 Petition To Phase Out GHG Pollution: EPA received a petition on June 16, 2022, under Section 21 of TSCA from Daniel M. Galpern on behal.
FDA’s decision comes in response to a food additive petition filed by a coalition of physicians, scientists and public health and environmental organizations. The law requires that FDA make a final decision by October 31, 2022.
The Food and Drug Administration is taking a new look at the safety of BPA in plastics and other food contact packaging, acting on a petition from public health groups who point to new action and information from European regulators.