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FDA and USDA Seek Comments on Defining Ultra-Processed Foods
On July 25, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a joint Request for ...
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Processed Food Industry in the Crosshairs: FDA and USDA’s Ultra-Processed Food Request for Information
Last week’s issuance of a request for information (RFI) in the Federal Register by the FDA and the US Department of ...
Jack Link’s beef: How the Minnesota snack giant is lobbying Trump and fighting the MAHA movement
Jack Link’s, the world’s largest manufacturer of meat snacks, has spent years integrating itself into the country’s cultural ...
RFK Jr. Gives Europe Food Flavor Makers a Chance to Boost Sales
One of Europe’s largest ingredients makers is anticipating a boost from the US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ...
Why are American kids getting sicker?
One of the central claims that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made as secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services ...
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RFK Jr.’s MAHA Movement Is on a Collision Course with Trump’s EPA
EPA administrator Lee Zeldin has relaxed existing standards for mercury and lead pollution—two toxins that can lead to ...
We’re About to Find Out if Kennedy Is Serious
A month into his new job as health and human services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. explained his view of America’s health ...
HHS, FDA and USDA address the health risks of ultra-processed foods
Under the leadership of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins, the U.S. Food ...
How Bureaucracy and Budgets Shape American Medical Research
Over the past several decades, concerns about costs and producing short-term results have narrowed the NIH’s impact.