Giannoulias Encourages FDA to Review Harmful Chemicals in Food ...

Ahead of a public meeting to discuss food safety, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi. Giannoulias is advocating that the Food and Drug ...

Illinois Secretary of State hopes FDA cracks down on harmful ...

"Right now, with the relaxed oversight requirements allowing food manufacturers to avoid scrutiny coupled with an FDA approval process that can ...

Illinois Secretary of State applauding FDA for developing a system to ...

Giannoulias boasted legislation to ban five additives, but it has only passed the Illinois Senate and has not even been assigned a committee in the House.

Illinois Secretary of State shares food safety concerns ahead of FDA ...

On Monday, Giannoulias joined various groups to speak about an upcoming Food and Drug Administration hearing about concerns over food additives.

Giannoulias, Preston, Stava-Murray Move to Ban Harmful Food ...

“The FDA has failed for decades to keep us safe from toxic food chemicals,” said Scott Faber,. Senior Vice President of Government Affairs ...

Illinois secretary of state calls on FDA to ban certain food additives

Illinois Secretary of ...

Toxic chemicals found in food packaging; FDA under pressure to ...

“The bottom line is we need to put food safety first,” Giannoulias said during a webinar organized by the Environmental Working Group. “We need ...

Public Meeting on the Development of an Enhanced Systematic ...

Will reassessing the GRAS status of chemicals be part of the FDA's post-market review? ... food chemicals book of the FDA's convening of this ...

How untested ingredients enter the food you eat - CNN

“Tragically for our nation's public health, GRAS is merely a loophole to enable food manufacturers to bypass FDA oversight and get products more ...

DeLauro Introduces Legislation to Protect Food Supply from ...

DeLauro Urges FDA to close GRAS loophole ... Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) introduced the Toxic Free Food Act, legislation that would ...

Illinois Secretary of State Demands FDA Action on Chemical Safety ...

Chicago, IL — Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is pushing the FDA to establish a stricter post-market review program for food ...

List of Select Chemicals in the Food Supply Under FDA Review

The FDA assesses the safety of exposure to chemicals in the food supply. This includes ingredients considered generally recognized as safe (GRAS) ...

Why does the FDA approve so many chemicals in US food ... - Quora

The FDA is the governing body that allows additives, chemicals, and vitamins to be placed into Foods. Many times the additives are preservatives ...

New proposal would ban certain chemicals in foods in Illinois - WGEM

An initiative of ...

Illinois wants to ban food chemicals found in candy, soda - CBS News

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said the additives have been linked to severe health problems, including nervous system damage, ...

Illinois Officials Look to 'Knock the Dominoes Down' and Ban Some ...

Preston, a Chicago Democrat, is the sponsor of a proposal (SB2637) that would ban a handful of common additives in food made and sold in Illinois starting in ...