Food Manifest

Hundreds of Food Chemicals Added Without FDA Review, EWG Warns

• A to Z, Food Hygiene, Food Safety, Health & Wellness, News
• March 3, 2026

Key Update The analysis of  Environmental Working Group (EWG), a U.S.-based non-profit organisation, finds that hundreds of chemicals have entered U.S. foods without FDA review. Companies have used a loophole in the Generally Recognised As Safe (GRAS) system to self-certify ingredients—known as “secret GRAS” chemicals—without notifying regulators. EWG identified 111 secret GRAS chemicals, 49 of