RFK Jr unveils transparency tool allowing Americans to search for contaminants in food

The Trump administration’s Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, along with the Food and Drug Administration, has unveiled a new food "transparency" tool that allows Americans to look up the chemicals and other contaminants in foods using a large database.

On Thursday, Kennedy said in a press release from the FDA, “HHS is committed to radical transparency to give Americans authentic, informed consent about what they are eating. This new Chemical Contaminants Transparency Tool is a critical step for industry to Make America Healthy Again."

The FDA stated that the tool is "an online searchable database providing a consolidated list of contaminant levels (e.g., tolerances, action levels, and guidance levels) that are used to evaluate potential health risks of contaminants in human foods," adding, "Chemical contaminants include a broad range of chemical substances that may be present in food and that have the potential to cause harm."