Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced plans to dismantle the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) food additive program. The program is tasked with evaluating ingredients to ensure they are being used effectively and safely.

The decision sprouted after companies exploited the pathway as a means for manufacturers to put new chemicals into manufactured foods without prior screening or approval. In a statement on March 10, Kennedy said he hopes “eliminating this loophole will provide transparency to consumers [and] help get our nation’s food supply back on track by ensuring that ingredients being introduced into foods are safe.”

While many experts believe the decision is long overdue, eliminating the pathway would create a considerable amount of work for the FDA, which is already suffering from the Trump Administration’s move to cut several workers from its staff.

Kennedy has already taken steps towards finding a solution to the issue, meeting with the chief executive officers of Smuckers, Pepsi, General Mills, Tyson Foods, Kraft Heinz and Kellogg to further discuss the matter.