MAHA Movement Continues to Invite the Significant Change for Food Regulation at Federal and State Levels

Donnelly L. McDowell, Katie Rogers, Andrea deLorimier Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised big changes as Secretary of the Department of Health & Human Services, the sweeping agency that oversees FDA, NIH, CDC, and other divisions and agencies. Five months into his tenure, he has launched a number of initiatives that target certain types of food products and ingredients. The changes invited by the so-called ​“MAHA” or ​“Make America Healthy Again” movement have not been limited to the federal level – with certain states passing or proposing legislation banning or limiting the use of certain foods and ingredients, or requiring warning labels akin to California’s Proposition 65.