The FDA's legal loophole allows manufacturers to keep creating and adding unsafe ingredients to food, undermining the agency's oversight intended to protect public health.
The 1997 loosening of regulations allowed manufacturers to determine the safety of food additives themselves, potentially compromising the integrity of food safety.
Many companies choose self-regulation rather than the FDA's approval process, resulting in an estimated 1,000 unreported decisions regarding ingredient safety between 1990 and 2010.
Originally, the GRAS category was meant for common food additives; however, its misinterpretation now allows questionable substances to bypass rigorous safety evaluations.
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