RFK Jr. plans to eliminate GRAS food standards for most products

Published March 20, 2025 10:39am ET



Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Thursday his intention to eliminate the Generally Recognized As Safe standards for most domestic products.

“We’ve launched a review of the GRAS standards, and we’re going to get rid of the GRAS standards for most products,” Kennedy told Fox News. “The GRAS standards is a standard that was adopted in 1958. It was adopted because, when FDA was created to regulate food, there were foods that were generally recognized as safe.”

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