FDA Targets Food Chemicals: New BHA Reassessment, “No Artificial Colors” Enforcement Discretion, and a Potential GRAS Overhaul

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to advance the Trump administration’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) priorities by increasing scrutiny of chemicals in the food supply and accelerating the shift away from FD&C-certified (synthetic) colors and other food chemicals. Recent actions include a new request for information (RFI) supporting FDA’s reassessment of butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), a new enforcement discretion posture for “no artificial colors” claims, expanded... By: Beveridge & Diamond PC