Recently introduced legislation known as the SAFE FOOD Act or the Study And Framework for Efficiency in Food Oversight and Organizational Design Act of 2025 directs the U.S. Department of Agriculture to study the consolidation of multiple federal food safety agencies into a single entity. The bill’s goal is to streamline food safety oversight and enhance public health protection through…
After the Food and Drug Administration recently announced sweeping recommendations to eliminate potentially toxic chemicals from our food supply, we’re left wondering if the efforts are real or just more talk by a government plagued by a track record of failing to protect our health. Big pronouncements In April, the new FDA Commissioner, Dr. Martin Makary, confirmed something that many…
In a recent letter to the Food and Drug Administration, Citizens for Health (CFH) and Fukushima Fallout Awareness Network (FFAN) strongly urged the Food and Drug Administration to investigate the real possibility of radioactivity in U.S. food as part of the federal government’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) agenda given that radiation from nuclear accidents bioaccumulates in food and there are…
Earlier this year the Food and Drug Administration pledged to say goodbye to Red dye No. 3. Up next could be other synthetic food colorings used to enhance the color in everyday foods like candy and cereals. “FDA promised to remove Red dye No. 3 from foods long after a significant body of evidence exposed the link between the colorant…
In 2019, then top-tier ad agency Leo Burnett produced a Cheez-It commercial for its client Kellogg’s called “Taste Test,” revealing much more about the product than intended. The 15-second spot shows a group of hysterical tasters who, once they bite into the Cheez-It crackers, can’t stop and continue to compulsively eat them. “What have we done,” asks the crazed-looking scientist in the…
After ignoring legislative directives and a deep well of scientific data over the last 33 years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has belatedly banned the continued use of Food, Drug & Cosmetic (FD&C) red dye no. 3 in food, including dietary supplements (effective January 15, 2027) and ingested drugs (effective January 18, 2028). This action comes more than…
Baby food sold in California just got a lot cleaner. California Assembly Bill AB 899 will now require that baby food manufacturers regularly test their products for specific toxic elements (e.g., arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury) and to disclose the levels of those elements to consumers on brand websites. Further, dietary supplements marketed to children aged two and under fall…
Open your mind to new possibilities and maybe change the way you approach health treatments – both natural and conventional. That’s the main request of Benton Bramwell, ND and Ridgecrest Herbals’ CEO, W. Matthew Warnock, JD in their new book, Rethinking Medicine: Harmonizing Science and Herbal Tradition. From the Beginning The book begins with personal stories of the authors’ winding…
On Monday, July 15, 2024, our partners at Fukushima Fallout Awareness Network, will assemble a panel of experts, including Citizens for Health’s President and Senior Policy Advisor, James Gormely to brief Congress about the ongoing problem of radioactive contamination of our food and water and what steps our legislators can take to mitigate contamination. Join us for an online briefing…