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FDA Announces a “Chemical Contaminants Transparency Tool” to Evaluate Potential Health Risks of Contaminants in Human Foods.
Friday, March 28, 2025
  • On March 20, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the availability of a Chemical Contaminants Transparency Tool, a database intended to provide users with a list of contaminant levels in the food supply.
  • Contaminant levels, such as tolerances, action levels, and guidance levels, are used by FDA to evaluate potential health risks in food.  If contaminant levels exceed the permissible threshold, FDA will deem the food to be unsafe.
  • The database compiles existing information from several sources, including compliance policy guides, guidance for industry, and the Code of Federal Regulations, into a single reference.  Information includes the contaminant’s name, commodity, contaminant level type, level value, and its reference source.  There are currently 301 records available on the database.
  • According to the news release, under the direction of Secretary Kennedy, the Chemical Contaminants Transparency Tool is one new initiative intended to modernize chemical safety.  The intention behind the database is to offer the American public “informed consent about what they are eating.”
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