Kennedy asks FDA to revise rules for food ingredient safety

March 10 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has directed the Food and Drug Administration to revise its food safety guidance to increase its oversight of food ingredients considered to be safe.

"For far too long, ingredient manufacturers and sponsors have exploited a loophole that has allowed new ingredients and chemicals, often with unknown safety data, to be introduced into the U.S. food supply without notification to the FDA or the public," Kennedy said in a statement on Monday.