The Alliance for Natural Health USA (ANH-USA), in a lawsuit, alleges the Food and Drug administration is censoring important consumer health information after the agency rejected ANH’s request to allow dietary supplement labels to include science-based health claims drawn from federal scientists’ own research. Add your voice to the conversation and tell FDA to stand by its own data. This…
A bill requiring dietary supplement manufacturers to list their products with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prior to market entry has re-surfaced yet again. Just three months after Sen. Dick Durbin introduced the 2026 version of his Dietary Supplement Listing Act, Rep. Maxine Dexter, MD has reintroduced the same bill earlier this month. Concerns about the legislation Over the…
What is a dietary supplement? Advances in technology and new ingredient discoveries have prompted the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to rethink what constitutes a supplement. During a recent public meeting with industry representatives titled “Exploring the Scope of Dietary Supplement Ingredients,” the FDA tried to better define what makes up a dietary supplement. The answer and its implications for…
The GRAS Oversight and Transparency Act would establish a federal interagency task force to review pre-2000 GRAS determinations not previously submitted to the Food and Drug Administration. Under the proposed bill introduced by Rep. Mike Lawler, the committee would include FDA, Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) weighing in on…
When it comes to the food we feed our families, transparency matters. That’s why Citizens for Health welcomes the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision to allow companies to use a clear and truthful “no artificial colors” claim when their products are free from petroleum-based synthetic dyes. For years, consumers have expressed concern about the presence of artificial colors in…
Two members of Congress have reintroduced the Food Chemical Reassessment Act of 2025 (H.R. 4306) that would ensure chemicals introduced into our food supply years ago are still safe today. H.R. 4306 would require the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Food Chemical Safety, Dietary Supplements, and Innovation to ensure chemicals that entered the food supply chain through self-reporting or…
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…
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 a striking turnaround, the Department of Justice recently asked the United States District Court of Utah to dismiss the FTC’s case against Xlear, Inc. and its CEO Nathan Jones, bringing closure to a nearly four-year battle. On March 10, 2025, the DOJ and Xlear filed a stipulation to dismiss the case with prejudice. READ MORE: CFH and National Health…