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FDA head falsely claims no scientists laid off, as agency shutters food safety labs
The head of the Food and Drug Administration has repeatedly claimed in recent interviews that no scientists have been laid ...
FDA Will Phase Out Food Dyes Used In Skittles, Gatorade And Froot Loops: What To Know
Food and drink companies will have to stop using petroleum-based dyes by the end of 2026, Health and Human Services officials ...
FDA Suspends Milk Quality Testing And Food Safety Quality Checks Due To Staff Cuts
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revealed some troubling news over the past week. Due to staff cuts, it is suspending a ...
The FDA will phase out petroleum-based synthetic dyes used in Mountain Dew, Fruit Loops and more
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Tuesday that it will phase out petroleum-based synthetic dyes by the end of ...
FDA says it will phase out petroleum-based food dyes, authorize four natural color additives
The US Food and Drug Administration plans to phase out the use of petroleum-based synthetic dyes in the US food supply due to ...
US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts
The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for its food testing laboratories as a result of ...
FDA Considers Scaling Back Inspections, Raising Questions About Food Safety
Facing staffing cuts and mounting scrutiny, the FDA is planning to further offload food inspections to states, arguing that ...
FDA announces plans to phase out petroleum-based food dyes
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced actions Tuesday to phase out the use of petroleum-based food dyes in U.S.
How the FDA Helped Ignite, and Then Worsened, the Opioid Crisis
An investigation into the agency’s repeated violations of its own rules to approve addictive drugs—and its ongoing failure to ...
FDA program for food testing pauses, officials say state and federal testing to continue
The Food and Drug Administration said the Food Emergency Response Network Proficiency Testing Program is currently paused due ...