FDA and NIH Nutrition Science Workshop to Address Ultra-Processed

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FDA and NIH to Hold Joint Nutrition Regulatory Science Workshop

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

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FDA and NIH will hold a joint nutrition regulatory science workshop on December 17-18, 2024. The goal of the workshop is to highlight how nutrition and science can generate evidence and data to inform food-related policy and regulatory decision making and to foster additional collaboration between NIH and FDA in supporting research that addresses priority nutrition research gaps.
Among the topics to be discussed is ultra-processed foods, a topic that has been of particular interest/concern for Jim Jones, the FDA Deputy Commissioner for the Human Foods Program. Earlier this year, the Deputy Commissioner was quoted as saying “we think that there are a lot of studies that show an association between ultra-processed food and a negative health outcome, but causality has not been demonstrated. And it’s important to have causality to define it and then to regulate it. And so, we think that the next thing that we need to do is to get more research to get greater certainty around whether or not ultra-processed foods are causing bad health outcomes.”
You can register for the virtual event here. The 17^th is a full day program, while the 18^th is a half day.