US Food and Drug Administration rejects petition to set Pfas limits in food

[marmar]

(Guardian) The US Food and Drug Administration has rejected a legal petition demanding it set limits on toxic Pfas “forever chemicals” in food, marking another setback for public health advocates’ push to limit exposures to the dangerous compounds.

The agency is refusing to set limits despite a growing body of science and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finding food is the biggest source of Pfas exposure. Testing has found the levels of Pfas in single servings of some contaminated foods to be equivalent to drinking many glasses of contaminated water.

While regulators have focused on reining in Pfas in water, the chemicals are widely used throughout the food system, and there was hope that the agency under Robert F Kennedy Jr would take the threat more seriously. Kennedy leads the “make America healthy again” (Maha) movement, of which eliminating toxic chemicals from food is a cornerstone.

The FDA’s decision is “disappointing”, said Sandra Daussin, an attorney for the Tucson Environmental Justice Task Force (TEJTF), which in November 2023 filed the legal petition. The group is planning to sue and ask a court to order the FDA to set thresholds.

“If it’s important enough to regulate in water then we need to regulate it in food – that’s a no-brainer,” Daussin said. ..........................(more)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/08/us-food-and-drug-administration-rejects-petition-to-set-pfas-limits-in-food

[Cheezoholic]

1. MASA n/t

[dweller]

2. Archive link

https://archive.ph/uZMYv


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[patphil]

3. we need to regulate it in food - that's a no-brainer

Apparently RFK jr. is challenging the idea of what constitutes a "no brainer".