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Secret ingredients in your food can make you sick. A proposed California law would reveal them
A loophole in federal law lets food companies self-certify that a new food ingredient is safe, instead of the FDA conducting safety oversight.

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A loophole in federal law lets food companies self-certify that a new food ingredient is safe, instead of the FDA conducting safety oversight.
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According to CalMatters’s source item, Secret ingredients in your food can make you sick. A proposed California law would reveal them, A loophole in federal law lets food companies self-certify that a new food ingredient is safe, instead of the FDA conducting safety oversight.
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The development sits in VINI’s California file for readers following state policy, regional institutions, courts, markets, public services, and California communities. The original report is linked so readers can check the source account, follow later updates, and compare new coverage against the first published record. The source item is dated 2026-05-12T12:00:00+00:00.
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