Items Tagged with 'MAHA'

Seven food dyes will be banned from foods on West Virginia grocery store shelves in 2028 under a bill signed into law this week.

Ultraprocessed MAHA ingredients * Reciprocal tariffs could undermine egg efforts * Dem FTC commissioners to sue over firing

It’s National Ag Day, and Reps. Mark Alford, R-Mo., and Jim Costa, D-Calif., are leading a resolution to officially designate the day as a celebration of “the importance of agriculture as one of the most impactful industries in the United States.”

Leaders of USDA and the Department of Health and Human Services committed to releasing the final Dietary Guidelines for Americans ahead of the statutory deadline and said they are looking for ways to make future processes more transparent. 

The Food and Drug Administration, picking up a key priority of the "Make America Healthy Again" movement, will consider potential rulemaking to eliminate the self-affirmed Generally Recognized as Safe pathway for food ingredients and chemicals. 

President Donald Trump's nominee to head FDA hasn't attracted nearly the attention that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has, but members of Congress and individuals in the Make America Healthy Again movement say Martin Makary and RFK Jr. are fully in line. 

As the new Secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has set his sights on studying and potentially reducing the number of chemicals in the U.S. food supply. 

“Nothing is going to be off limits” in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s quest to address chronic disease, the new leader at the Department of Health and Human Services told the agency Tuesday. Meanwhile, Jim Jones has stepped down has head of FDA's human foods program, citing "indiscriminate" staff cuts. 

The Senate is back in session this week with a key nomination for trade policy on senators’ to-do list, as well as the GOP budget resolution. Howard Lutnick’s nomination to be secretary of commerce is next in line for the Senate after the nomination of Kash Patel, the far more controversial pick to lead the FBI.

USDA finally has a new secretary, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is bringing his MAHA priorities to the federal government as secretary of Health and Human Services.