Eliminating the GRAS “Loophole”: Implications for Functional Foods and Beverages

Over the past 15 years, sugar content in domestic beverages has fallen by almost a quarter. For the first time, on average, a sugar content of just under six grams per 100 millilitres has been reached. This is the result of a recent study by the SIPCAN Institute of Precautionary Medicine. Nearly 600 beverages have been examined for these. The average sugar content was 5.8 grams per 100 millilitres. In 2010, this figure was still 7.5 grams. Thank…

Eliminating the GRAS “Loophole”: Implications for Functional Foods and Beverages

On March 10, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that U.S. Secretary of HHS Robert F. Kennedy Jr. directed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to explore closing the GRAS self-affirmation “loophole” for additives in food products. In the statement issued by HSS, Secretary Kennedy claimed that “[i]ngredient manufacturers and sponsors have exploited a loophole that has allowed new ingredients and chemical…

Tell Sec. Kennedy: GMOs Aren’t GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe)! - Organic Consumers

Tell Sec. Kennedy: GMOs Aren’t GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe)!March 26, 2025 | Source: Organic Consumers Association On March 10, 2025, Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., promised to close the “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS) loophole that allows dangerous food additives to enter the marketplace without premarket safety testing. This could mean GMOs, given a blanket GRAS exemption in 1992, might finally be safety…