FDA allows food manufacturers to self-certify new chemicals as safe without rigorous testing

What was said

"The manufacturer was allowed to declare for themselves that it was safe. The FDA doesn't rigorously test these new chemicals that get added to our food. They rely on the manufacturers. It's an honor system right now in the United States. About 10,000 chemicals are in the US food supply. And many of them have not been rigorously tested for safety."

Dr. Chris Palmer revealed that the FDA does not require rigorous testing of new chemicals added to food. He cited the case of Tara flour in a beef substitute that hospitalized over 400 people with liver failure. Manufacturers can simply declare additives as 'generally recognized as safe' with no proof required, and roughly 10,000 chemicals in the U.S. food supply remain inadequately tested for safety or brain effects.