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Health Department recalls services of 28 employees deputed as Food Safety Officers

State Health Department recalls 28 Food Safety Officers due to lack of qualifications, repatriating them to parent department.

Federal agencies work to create uniform definition of ultra-processed foods

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and U.S. Food and Drug Administration are ...

What FDA and USDA's New Pursuit of 'Ultra-Processed Foods' Definition Means for Emerging Litigation

A recent move from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and U.S. Department of Agriculture may end up giving the term ...
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Feds say industry needs to help define the term ‘ultra-processed food’

The federal government wants business and industry to offer information about processed foods so a national definition of ...

100 days into the job, FDA head talks to CNN about agency goals— and Coke’s switch to sugar

Commissioner Marty Makary says the FDA will plow ahead with big plans on ultra process foods, dietary guidelines and ...
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Bye-bye, bright dyes: Strategies for responding to FDA’s synthetic food dye phase-out

On April 22, 2025, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a plan to phase ...

FDA names former pharmaceutical company executive to oversee US drug program

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary announced that Dr. George Tidmarsh, a cancer and pediatric specialist, will direct the agency’s ...

Lawmakers press FDA to target knockoff weight-loss drug

Dozens of lawmakers are urging US health regulators to crack down on the booming market for knockoff weight-loss drugs amid ...

Consumer confidence in U.S. food safety is at all-time low

How confident are you that your food is safe to eat? A new survey suggests that concerns about the safety of the U.S. food ...
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The FDA Is Using an AI to "Speed Up" Drug Approvals and Insiders Say It's Making Horrible Mistakes

Insiders at the Food and Drug Administration are ringing alarm bells over the agency's use of an AI to fast-track drug ...
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Drug Pricing Just One Point of Confusion Over New FDA Vouchers

The Commissioner’s National Priority Vouchers aim to offer accelerated pathways to drugs that meet certain criteria, perhaps ...

Biotech exec George Tidmarsh picked as FDA's chief drug regulator

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration named ex-biotech exec George Tidmarsh as its chief drug regulator. FDA Commissioner ...