FDA's Half Measures on Food Regulation Fall Short Again The latest proposal from the Trump administration's FDA to close a regulatory loophole in food labeling is a classic case of "be careful what you wish for.
" By requiring companies to notify them of new ingredients, the agency is attempting to plug a hole that has allowed thousands of potentially hazardous additives into the market.
However, by failing to define what constitutes an "ultra processed" food – a label first used by public advocates like Robert F Kennedy Jr to describe foods made with industrial processes and chemical preservatives – the administration is once again punting on the most critical issue.