President Donald Trump promised to let his Health and Human Services secretary “go wild” on food policy. One year later, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has seen mixed success and faced a stream of criticism from even his allies in the Make America Healthy Again movement.
Kennedy has helped reform what millions of people on food stamps can buy and reintroduce whole milk into school meals. He’s secured voluntary commitments from major players like General Mills and Mars to phase out artificial food dyes.
But he hasn’t gotten far on his pledge to scrutinize pesticides, forever chemicals or food ingredient lists, and key federal food definitions or guidelines remain pending.
His attempts to overhaul the nation’s food supply have also alienated farm groups that have traditionally supported the GOP but worry Kennedy’s agenda runs at odds with their own business.
