"We are writing to applaud the administration’s commitment to reforming the “Generally Recognized as Safe” (GRAS) loophole, which allows companies to introduce new food chemicals without US Food and Drug Administration review or disclosure. For decades, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, an independent consumer advocacy organization, has advocated for the closure of the loophole, and we are pleased to see a reform proposal currently under review at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)."
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The products denoted with a ● symbol in the Nutrition Action Jan./Feb. 2026 yogurt chart contain the following additives that we rate as "Avoid" in our Chemical Cuisine guide to food additive safety.
On April 2, 2025, CSPI’s Litigation Department and its co-counsel at the ACLU and Protect Democracy Project sued the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), challenging the new policy that led to the abrupt and unlawful cancellation of research grants and the halt of the application process for new grants.
In September 2025, the California legislature passed a landmark food safety and school nutrition bill—Assembly Bill 1264. AB 1264 is a first-of-its kind law that enshrines a definition of ultra-processed food, or UPF, that integrates nutritional concerns and more comprehensively captures chemical safety concerns. CSPI has compiled a decision tree to explain how the new law will classify foods.
Lawmakers requested the report after a 2023 ProPublica and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette investigation revealed that the FDA had received hundreds of complaints over many years about defective breathing machines and never ordered a recall.
