RFK JR.’S MAHA MILKSHAKE: FOOD REFORM, RECALLS & A LITTLE PUBLIC-HEALTH CHAOS
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. came into HHS promising to clean up America’s food supply — less ultra-processed food, fewer questionable additives, fewer synthetic dyes and more scrutiny of what companies are putting on the grocery-store shelf.
The problem? Lately, the grocery store has been generating enough warning labels to qualify as its own medical journal.
In September alone, FDA notices included ground cinnamon recalled over elevated lead, alfalfa seeds over possible E. coli and Salmonella, applesauce over elevated patulin, and pasta over possible Listeria contamination. The FDA is also tracking active outbreaks involving Listeria, Salmonella, E. coli and raw-milk cheese.
And then there was the enormous 2026 Cyclospora outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce: federal officials ultimately reported 12,883 illnesses, 570 hospitalizations and two deaths across 21 states. Public-health officials and experts said the response exposed weaknesses in an already strained disease-surveillance system, including staffing and funding problems.
That’s where some of the criticism of Kennedy’s HHS gets uncomfortable: you can campaign against chemicals in cereal while still needing enough scientists, inspectors, epidemiologists and regulators to catch the stuff that can actually put people in the hospital. The FDA lost roughly 3,500 employees during the administration’s 2025 cuts and has since been trying to rebuild its workforce.
To Kennedy’s credit, HHS has moved on parts of his food agenda. In August it proposed requiring manufacturers to notify the FDA about ingredients they determine are “Generally Recognized as Safe,” while HHS and USDA also advanced work toward the first federal definition of ultra-processed foods.
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