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Food news, food policy and food tech. What is changing on the label, in the lab and in the law, and what it means for the people who make our food.
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Mexico removed Red 3 from its permitted additives in May, with 24 months to reformulate authorized uses. A new agreement replacing its 2012 additive rules is due to take effect this month, with numeric limits on more colorants.
Kennedy adviser Calley Means resigned Oct. 22. With the midterms on Tuesday, the white paper remains under review, and both sides have written to the White House budget office.
The draft guidance covers purees, cereals, yogurts and meats for children under two. FDA estimates the biggest exposure cuts would come from carrots and from fruits, vegetables and mixed foods.
Comments on FDA's proposal to make GRAS notices mandatory close Dec. 9. A feed trade group and food contact companies want more time, and critics are focused on a change that could exempt some ingredients added directly to food.
Industry reports no current use of either substance in food. Health Canada ties the Oct. 29 proposal to its proposed risk management approach for PFAS, and comments run to Jan. 27, 2027.
At a Singapore summit, DeepMind director Ramine Tinati described AI work on crop immunity, an open sorghum atlas and farm advice being scaled to 11 countries.
The proposed rule covers 8 of 30 required nutrients, raising the floors for iodine and vitamin D and setting a first-ever ceiling for manganese. FDA says formulas on shelves remain safe.
CEO Kirk Tanner called the final days before Halloween 'really critical.' U.S. Halloween candy sales were down 6.7% for the month ending Oct. 17, though Hershey said Reese's velocities are up 13%.
Only 26% of U.S. adults call themselves MAHA supporters, yet its six food proposals average 73% support, and labeling ultra-processed food tops the list at 80%.
Mondelēz agreed to buy a majority stake in clean label snack brand Undercover Snacks, and founder Diana Levy is staying on as CEO. It may be the most promising news from big food all year.
A Seventh Circuit ruling held that allulose counts as a sugar under FDA's rules, and nearly 60 suits had followed by late September, Bloomberg Law reported. FDA's 2020 guidance did not shield Chobani from the suit.
An interim policy signed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says HHS will not act against compounders of BPC-157 and five other peptides. It does not make them FDA approved.