RFK Jr. Says Ultra-Processed Food Definition Awaiting Approval

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said his administration has written a definition for what constitutes ultra-processed food and it’s awaiting approval by the White House.

“One of the problems with regulating ultra-processed food is there is no definition,” Kennedy said Tuesday at the International Fresh Produce Association conference. “We’ve developed a definition for it,” he said, noting that the proposal was currently awaiting review by the Office of Management and Budget, which oversees federal rulemaking.

It was not clear whether other agencies, including the US Agriculture Department, had seen a final version of the definition, or cleared it, according ...