The FDA lets a lot of chemicals in our food get approved without ever double-checking if they’re still safe—so some ingredients might be floating around in your snacks and meals that no one’s properly tested lately.

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Regulation of Added Substances in the Food Supply by the Food and Drug Administration Human Foods Program.

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2024 Oct

The study says the FDA doesn’t check many food ingredients that companies say are safe, so some potentially risky stuff gets into our food without anyone noticing — which is exactly what the claim says.

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Regulation of Added Substances in the Food Supply by the Food and Drug Administration Human Foods Program.

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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307755

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