CSPI and other public interest groups filed lawsuits seeking to force FDA to decide whether to ban phthalates in food packaging and processing materials.
The Sunset Rule, which was proposed and finalized in that administration’s lame duck period, would have set a ticking time bomb on thousands of health and food safety regulations issued by HHS and its sub-agencies.
Federal court concluded FDA could permit manufacturers to self-certify that chemical additives used in food they manufactured are safe, but acknowledged conflict-of-interest concerns about this practice and noted that the remedy to fix this situation lies with Congress.
