Lizzy leads STAT’s coverage of the FDA. Her stories explore the relationship between politics and science at the FDA, industry influence, and the agency’s ability to protect and promote public health.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The FDA is attempting to phase out petroleum-based dyes from the nation's food supply. It approved three natural food additives to ...

A slice of red velvet cake with red sprinkles. The US Food and Drug Administration is reevaluating the safety of red no. 3 dye in food. Credit: Shutterstock The US Food and Drug Administration is ...

Discover the 25 banned substances that are still in your food, legal in the US but prohibited elsewhere. Learn which common ...

The bill, which would ban potassium bromate, Red 3 and propylparaben in the state, needs to be signed by Governor Kathy ...

Food additive emulsifiers were individually associated with modest increases in cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a large French epidemiological cohort, researchers found. Various types of emulsifiers - ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulates food and health-related products to ensure they're safe for public health. Today, it's estimated to oversee 80% of the U.S. food supply. This also ...

In our daily diet, there may be a solution to antibiotic resistance. Researchers have discovered that a natural substance ...

Some additives in ultraprocessed foods are known to be harmful to the body – but what about when these ingredients are combined? A new study, published in the journal PLOS Medicine, revealed that the ...