The MAHA movement founder announced on X Thursday that he is directing the FDA commissioner to begin the process of changing rules to eliminate the self-affirmed GRAS pathway for new ingredients [in American food].
Kennedy wrote, "I am directing the FDA commissioner to start the process of changing the rules to eliminate the self-affirmed GRAS pathway for new ingredients. I am also calling on the FDA and NIH continue to conduct and improve post-market assessments of GRAS chemicals currently in our food so we can rapidly identify the compounds that are making Americans so sick, and so that American consumers and regulators can make informed decisions. This is an important step in our pursuit to Make America Healthy Again."
I am directing the FDA commissioner to start the process of changing the rules to eliminate the self-affirmed GRAS pathway for new ingredients. I am also calling on the @US_FDA and @NIH continue to conduct and improve post-market assessments of GRAS chemicals currently in our… pic.twitter.com/BWvunk6lpw
— Secretary Kennedy (@SecKennedy) March 13, 2025
In the video, Kennedy said:
"In the final months of the election, President Trump repeatedly called for removing toxins from our food supply."
"He added his voice to the millions of MAHA moms who are touting the Make America Healthy Again agenda."
"The first step is radical transparency because right now, not even the U.S. government knows what's in our food."
"In 1958 the government created a designation called "Generally Recognized As Safe" (GRAS) so that we could make common ingredients like salt and baking soda exempt from testing. But today, it isn't just salt and baking soda."
"Food companies and cooperative regulators have enlarged the GRAS exemption so that these companies can decide for themselves whether a substance is generally recognized as safe. No FDA approval is needed."
"European nations, on the other hand, require that a chemical is proven safe before it becomes a food ingredient."
He is specifically targeting 10,000 GRAS chemicals in the American manufacturing chain.
Kennedy said, "In our country, the GRAS standard means that every chemical is presumed safe until proven dangerous, and that proof might not happen until millions of Americans are sick with chronic disease."
"This massive experiment on the American population with GRAS, has, in short, been a catastrophy.
🚨 @RobertKennedyJr going after 10,000 GRAS chemicals in U.S. food:
— Toria Brooke ☘️ (@realtoriabrooke) March 13, 2025
Titanium dioxide linked to DNA damage, cancer, EU-banned. Potassium bromate, suspected carcinogen banned in Europe, Japan. Red Dye 40, Yellow 5 & 6, linked to behavioral issues.
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Titanium dioxide, which is banned in the European Union, is purportedly linked to DNA damage and cancer.
Potassium bromate, another suspected carcinogen that is banned in both Europe and Japan, is also on Kennedy's list.
The HHS Secretary additionally discussed the effects of Red Dye 40, Yellow 5 & 6, on children's behavioral issues.
Kennedy explained, "I can't really blame the food companies; they're just doing what we have allowed them to get away with in a system that's taken on a life of its own."
"We all agree now that it's time to change the system, and that's exactly what we're going to do."
"Even industry knows that we have to change. So, I promise you, I'm going to work with all parties: the companies, the moms, the scientists, consumer advocates, to make American food the healthiest in the world; the way it was when I was a child."
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