60 Minutes Reports on “Generally Recognized as Safe” & “Youngest Survivors” on February 15 2026

CBS’s 60 Minutes presents a compelling hour of reporting on Sunday, February 15, 2026, airing from 7:00 to 8:00 PM ET/PT on the CBS Television Network and streaming on Paramount+. This week’s broadcast features an in-depth look at growing concerns over ultra-processed foods and a powerful double-length historical report marking 80 years since the liberation of Nazi concentration camps. With investigative reporting and deeply personal storytelling, the program continues its tradition of examining issues that resonate across generations.

• Generally Recognized As Safe: 60 Minutes Investigates The Hidden System Behind America’s Food Additives
• Youngest Survivors: 60 Minutes Reports On Babies Born In Nazi Concentration Camps

Generally Recognized as Safe

As debate intensifies over the health effects of ultra-processed foods, correspondent Bill Whitaker investigates a long-standing government classification that has allowed many substances to be added to the American food supply with limited oversight. The segment focuses on the “Generally Recognized as Safe” designation, commonly known as GRAS, and how it has shaped food regulation for decades.

Whitaker speaks with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. David Kessler, both of whom are calling for changes to the system. The report examines concerns that the current framework allows food manufacturers to determine safety without sufficient independent review, raising broader questions about transparency, public health, and regulatory accountability. Sarah Koch serves as producer.

Youngest Survivors

In a moving double-length segment, correspondent Lesley Stahl marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the liberation of the last Nazi concentration camps by telling the extraordinary story of survival against unimaginable odds. The report centers on three women who secretly carried pregnancies while imprisoned in slave labor and concentration camps, including Auschwitz, and the babies who were born under brutal conditions.

Stahl meets the three children, now 80 years old, whose mothers concealed their pregnancies from Nazi captors and gave birth in secrecy. Their survival required courage, luck, and extraordinary resilience. The segment also recounts the remarkable journey that led the three individuals to find one another more than six decades later, revealing a story shaped by coincidence, endurance, and shared history.

The report further highlights the role of an American medic involved in the liberation of the camps who discovered and helped save one of the infants. Through personal testimony and historical context, the segment offers a powerful reflection on survival, memory, and the lasting human impact of one of history’s darkest chapters. Shari Finkelstein is the producer.