Susan Mayne: Keeping Food Safe

Howie and Harlan are joined by Susan Mayne, a Yale epidemiologist and the former director of the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, to discuss what the agency can and can’t do to keep contaminants out of food and promote healthier eating habits. Harlan reports on the Trump administration’s cancellation of multiple scientific meetings; Howie explains the administration’s health-related executive orders. 

Links:

Changes at the NIH

“Trump administration’s abrupt cancellation of scientific meetings prompts confusion, concern”

“The Trump NIH Pick Who Wants to Take On ‘Cancel Culture’ Colleges”

Food Safety and the FDA

“Beyond Red Dye No. 3: Here’s what parents should know about food colorings”

“FDA to Revoke Authorization for the Use of Red No. 3 in Food and Ingested Drugs”

U.S. Government Accountability Office: Regulation of Cancer-Causing Food Additives—Time for a Change

Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990

FDA: Front-of-Package Nutrition Labeling

“Court ruling curbs unfounded claims for memory supplement”

FDA: Questions and Answers on Health Claims in Food Labeling

FDA Budget Summary

FDA: Closer to Zero: Reducing Childhood Exposure to Contaminants from Foods

FDA: Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)

Executive Orders

“Breaking Down All of Trump’s Day 1 Presidential Actions”

KFF Morning Briefing

“Trump orders reflect his promises to roll back transgender protections and end DEI programs”

“Trump wants to pull the US out of the World Health Organization again. Here’s what may happen next”

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