In the U.S., it’s still found in many confections, including Sour Patch Kids watermelon candies, Hostess chocolate cupcakes ...

If you want to avoid eating unpronounceable chemicals, then you'll be glad to hear that Arby's has taken a controversial ...

Over 100 chemicals of unknown safety were secretly added to foods and supplements without notifying the public or the FDA, a new investigation found.

The report shows that companies — not the FDA — determined the safety of these ingredients under a decades-old exemption ...

In the midst of so many recalls, food safety regulations are changing in 2026. Here's everything you need to know about what's ahead.

Corporate lobbyists push for federal food labelling standards to avoid a patchwork of state laws inspired by the Make America ...

Many chemicals are problematic because they can disrupt the endocrine system. “The evidence is greatest about the effects of chemicals on our hormones, underlying basic biological functions,” Trasande ...

As California’s AB 2034 moves forward, the bill targeting self-affirmed GRAS ingredients is intensifying debate over state authority, federal reform and the risk of patchwork food safety regulation.

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday took steps toward banning BHA, a food additive used in processed foods such as ...

The colorful packages lining supermarket shelves hide more than convenience—they contain ingredients potentially damaging your brain’s ability to form and retain memories. While food technology has ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr has spent years railing against food additives, framing them as part of a broader threat to public health. Now, as the US health secretary, his views have taken on new weight.

It is puzzling that the many approaches to identifying possible causes for the increase in colon cancer in young people didn’t include a focus on food additives (“Focus on Young People’s Cancer Turns ...