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Bill Introduced in California to Ban ‘Ultra-Processed’ Foods From Schools

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Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team
March 19, 2025

California Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel has introduced a bill that aims to define and identify “ultra-processed foods” so that they can be phased out of state public schools.


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EWG Publishes 2024 Dirty Dozen List of Produce Most Contaminated With Pesticides

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Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team
March 20, 2024

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has published its Dirty Dozen list for 2024, describing the 12 fruits and vegetables most contaminated with pesticide residues, alongside its Clean Fifteen list, which contains the 15 commodities with the lowest amounts of pesticide residue.


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Pesticide Chlormequat is Being Detected More Frequently in Humans, EPA Poised to Allow its Use on Food Crops

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Bailee Henderson
February 15, 2024

In a new study, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) has detected the pesticide chlormequat in four out of five people tested. After allowing the chemical on imported foods, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a rule in 2023 that would allow chlormequat to be applied to barley, oat, triticale, and wheat crops.


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FDA Files Petitions to Rescind Approvals for Four Carcinogenic Food, Color Additives

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Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team
January 18, 2024

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has filed two petitions by the Environmental Defense Fund, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners, the Center for Environmental Health, and Environmental Working Group (EWG) to rescind its approvals for four carcinogenic chemicals used as food additives and color additives—benzene, trichloroethylene (TCE), methylene chloride, and ethylene dichloride.


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New Stakeholder Coalition Formed to Advocate for Effective FDA Human Foods Program

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Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team
October 27, 2023

A new coalition between various food safety stakeholders has been formed with the purpose of advocating for a modernized, effective Human Foods Program at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).


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EPA Proposal to Allow Use of Pesticide Chlormequat for Grains Raises Food Safety Concerns

April 28, 2023

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to register new uses for the pesticide chlormequat chloride on food crops. If finalized, the decision would mark the first-ever approval for using chlormequat chloride on U.S. food. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has raised food safety concerns with EPA’s proposal.


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Food Safety Groups Raise Concern About FDA’s Vision for Human Foods Program

February 20, 2023

A group of non-government organizations have recently expressed concerns and raised questions about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) vision for restructuring its Human Foods Program and Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA).


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Agricultural Chemical Found in Popular Oat Products Eaten by Children

February 13, 2023

Popular oat-based food products often eaten by children may contain unsafe levels of chlormequat, an agricultural chemical associated with negative health effects, according to the Environmental Working Group (EWG).


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PFAS Found Widely in Pet Food Packaging

November 3, 2022

According to new Environmental Working Group (EWG) test results, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever chemicals,” have been widely found in pet food packaging.


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Pesticides Found in 70 Percent of U.S. Produce

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Bailee Henderson
April 13, 2022

The Environmental Working Group has released its 2022 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce, which ranks popular fruits and vegetables by their pesticide residue levels.


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