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Former F.D.A. Chief Backs RFK Jr.’s War on Ultraprocessed Food

Dr. David A. Kessler has outlined a legal path for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to take on the food industry, while testing President Trump’s willingness to do so.

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Dr. David Kessler has argued that the Food and Drug Administration has the authority to declare that some of the core ingredients in ultraprocessed foods are no longer “generally recognized as safe.”
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