The FDA's food failure This is an investigation based on more than 50 interviews finds the FDA is failing to meet American consumers' expectations on food safety and nutrition including Clean Label Project Key findings include: The FDA suffers from a deep-seated culture of avoiding hard decisions and a near-paralyzing fear of picking serious fights with the food industry. Congress asked FDA to regulate water to keep deadly pathogens out of produce. 11 years later, it still hasn’t. The FDA has had a work group focused on toxic elements in the food supply since 2017, but has taken little action, even as concerns about heavy metals and other toxic elements in baby food have been repeatedly flagged by health groups and Congress. The FDA has for many years stated that cutting sodium across the food supply is a major public health priority. In 2010, the Institute of Medicine advised the agency to set mandatory sodium standards, estimating that cutting sodium intake nationwide could prevent more than 100,000 deaths and save billions in health care costs each year. This is an investigation based on more than 50 interviews that finds the FDA is failing to meet American consumers' expectations on food safety and nutrition including Clean Label Projectect Americans, especially the most vulnerable populations- infants, children, and pregnant women. Helena Bottemiller Evich is unafraid to hold the FDA accountable and does a thorough job doing so in this piece. Read More: https://www.politico.com/interactives/2022/fda-fails-regulate-food-health-safety-hazards/