US health advocates call for the ban of food and plastic additive azodicarbonamide
December 19, 2013
Screening data on 1800 chemicals
US EPA publishes screening data on 1800 chemicals, opens ToxCast challenges to use data for public health risk assessment
November 12, 2013
Fixing U.S. food additive oversight
The Pew Charitable Trusts publish summary report on food additive project, recommendations for U.S. regulatory review and FDA overhaul
October 25, 2013
Opinion: GRAS overhaul is not a priority issue
Legal consultant reviews GRAS debate in major newspaper, GRAS review is of less importance than heart disease, obesity and economic issues
August 29, 2013
How new research will shed light on BPA
Innovative research program CLARITY-BPA unites regulatory risk assessors and academic researchers, studies BPA’s hazards; first results expected in early 2015
August 14, 2013
Safety of food additives questioned
Knowledge gaps for 80% of food additives, including food contact substances, hinder proper safety assessment and may be a public health problem, finds new study by The Pew Charitable Trusts scientists
July 1, 2013
Cooperation between FDA and EPA to improve food safety
Co-author of FDA food additive study comments in FDA week on FDA’s chemical risk assessment
June 13, 2013
FDA’s food additives risk assessment under scrutiny
New study sheds light on FDA’s food additives safety assessment and makes recommendations for modernizing the process
