FDA Launches Effort To Oversee Additives In Food Supply

As Stat reported, companies that want to add a new substance to human or animal foods will need to notify the FDA and explain how they deemed the additive “generally recognized as safe," or GRAS. Also, manufacturers with GRAS substances already on the market will need to let the FDA know how the additive is used, and that information will be made public in a database.

Stat: Modifying 'GRAS Loophole,' FDA To Require Notice Of Food Additives

The Department of Health and Human Services on Monday announced a new effort to catalog the many additives in the U.S. food supply, most of which entered with little oversight. (Cueto and Cooney, 8/10)

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Military Times: Navy Removes California-Based Medicine And Readiness CO

After just over a year on the job, the Navy relieved Capt. Mathew Loe, the commanding officer of Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Lemoore, the service announced on Friday. Citing the pro forma “loss of confidence in his ability to command,” Loe was relieved of his command by Rear Adm. Kevin Brown, commander of Naval Medical Forces Pacific, per the release. ... Based in California, Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Lemoore delivers healthcare to more than 32,000 active duty, retired military, and civilian beneficiaries from shore-based and operational commands, according to the Navy’s website. (Barrett, 8/10)

KFF Health News: A Federal Policy Is Complicating How Organizations Battle The Opioid Crisis

Last year, Baltimore had three mass overdose incidents in the span of three months in its Penn North neighborhood. In one incident, more than two dozen people were hospitalized after many were found unresponsive, lying in the streets or on sidewalks. No one died, but some came close. (Maucione, 8/11)

KFF Health News: Patients Wary Of Governments, Companies Pushing AI As A Rural Healthcare Solution

Two of the nation’s most powerful health officials predict artificial intelligence will play a key role in solving rural America’s health challenges. Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a panel of U.S. senators that AI nurses can provide “concierge care” to rural patients. Mehmet Oz, who leads the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, has said “the best way to help some of these communities is going to be AI-based avatars” that connect rural patients to mental health services. (Zionts and Tahir, 8/11)

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