#regulation

beaubobobonobo@diaspora.psyco.fr
waynerad@diasp.org

"Food and chemical companies are permitted to approve the use of new potentially harmful additives and other substances in snacks, drinks and more without the Food and Drug Administration's review and approval -- all thanks to a regulatory loophole known as the GRAS rule."

"GRAS, or 'generally recognized as safe,' is a food category created by Congress in 1958. The GRAS designation was intended to apply to ingredients widely recognized to be safe, such as salt, water, yeast and chicken breast."

"The GRAS rule, finalized in 1997, created a voluntary notification system that lets manufacturers bypass federal regulators' review. Companies can identify and use new GRAS ingredients but are not required to share this information with the FDA."

"Since 2000, food and chemical companies have used the GRAS loophole to approve 99 percent of new food chemicals, according to a 2022 EWG analysis. It leaves both the public and the FDA in the dark about the substances in our food."

"Experts estimate more than 1,000 GRAS substances have entered the food supply without FDA or public knowledge."

I never heard of this. Wonder if there is any connection with cancer rates in the population.

What is GRAS? - EWG

#chemistry #nutrition #regulation #fda

anonymiss@despora.de

#RISC-V #technology emerges as battleground in US-China tech #war

source: https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-china-tech-war-risc-v-chip-technology-emerges-new-battleground-2023-10-06/

Jack Kang, vice president of #business #development at #SiFive, a Santa Clara, #California - based startup using RISC-V, said potential U.S. #government #restrictions on American companies regarding RISC-V would be a "tremendous tragedy."

"It would be like banning us from working on the internet," Kang said. "It would be a huge mistake in terms of technology, leadership, innovation and companies and jobs that are being created."

#China #USA #fail #trade #chip #cpu #news #regulation #restriction #future #openHardware #Hardware #politics #problem #America #economy

ramnath@nerdpol.ch

https://www.bitchute.com/video/gyaJswSQn6JM

In this episode, #Whitney talks to Johnny Vedmore about the imminent appointment of former Wellcome Trust head Jeremy Farrar to be the #World #Health Organization’s Chief Scientist and how it relates to the WHO’s attempts to obtain new powers through a #secretive #regulation amendment process. -unlimitedhangout.com

Show Notes:
World Health Organization names Sir Jeremy Farrar as Chief Scientist
Wellcome Director Dr Jeremy Farrar to step down in February 2023 | Wellcome
Pandemic-proofing the planet | The Economist
#How #WHO is #funded
WHO | Programme Budget #Web Portal

psych@diasp.org

Relevant to everyone 'here', and a hot topic especially in the U.S. given legislation ahead. End of the Internet as we know it?
Probably un-related, but this Wall St. Journal article appears to be un-paywalled.

Google Says Supreme Court Ruling Could Potentially Upend the Internet

Tech giant files brief in YouTube case brought by family of woman killed in Paris terrorist attacks

#socialmedia #media #accountability #regulation #Internet #Google #DoBeEvil #YouTube