"There is no way for any American to know if a product is safe if it is ultraprocessed," Kennedy said on "60 Minutes." Food companies already "adhere to the FDA's science and risk-based evaluation of ingredients in the food supply," said the Consumer Brands Association, a trade group, in a statement. He now wants the FDA to take the same approach with large food companies. "We changed how this country views tobacco," Kessler told the CBS program. "I'm not saying that we're going to regulate ultraprocessed food," he said.

Source: The Telegraph February 16, 2026 10:55 UTC