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Walmart recalls potentially radioactive frozen shrimp sold in 13 states

By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press

Robert F Kennedy

90% of America’s ice cream supply just bowed to RFK and agreed to cut artificial dyes from their products

By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press

FILE – Children run on the lawn at the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Mo., on April 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

‘Kids are the canaries in the coal mine’: Huge study finds worse childhood obesity, depression, all-around ill health

By Laura Ungar, Jonel Aleccia, and others

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RFK Jr. has ordered the FDA to review baby formula. Here’s what you should know

By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press

Madeira Beach, FL, USA – May 29, 2024: Publix Super Market is an employee-owned American supermarket chain based out of Lakeland, FL with over 1400 locations.

One of the country’s largest supermarket chains recalls baby food sold in 8 states because of elevated levels of lead, health officials say

By The Associated Press and Jonel Aleccia

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Just how much ultra-processed food are we eating? Markers in blood and urine may hold a clue

By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press

Boxes for the medications Wegovy and Zepbound are arranged for a photograph in California on Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/JoNel Aleccia)

Zepbound users lost nearly 50% more weight than those on Wegovy in first head-to-head study

By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press

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Bugs, beets, and Barbie pink: How scientists are mixing up natural solutions to comply with RFK Jr.’s crackdown on artificial colors

By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press

Technician Heather Browning packages a color sample made of beet powder for a customer at Sensient Technologies Corp., a color additive manufacturing company, in St. Louis., on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

RFK Jr.’s push to eliminate petroleum-based artificial food dyes may drive industry to tiny bugs in Peru to recreate ‘Barbie pink’

By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a news conference on the Autism report by the CDC at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

RFK Jr. is pushing the food industry to voluntarily drop petroleum-based artificial colors—but has stopped short of promising a formal ban

By Jonel Aleccia, Matthew Perrone, and others

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr speaks during a Make Indiana Healthy Again initiative event in Indianapolis, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

RFK Jr., Indiana, and Arkansas want to control food and drink SNAP users can buy with their $6.20 a day

By Jonel Aleccia, Andrew DeMillo, and others

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Is whole milk healthier? Why RFK Jr. wants to ditch the Obama-era requirement for lower calorie milk in school lunches

By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press

This undated photo released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shows a box of a Lean Cuisine meal. (U.S. Food and Drug Administration via AP)

Nestle is recalling Lean Cuisine and Stouffer’s meals because they may contain ‘wood-like material’ linked to choking

By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press

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The government wants to understand the health effects of ultraprocessed foods so it paid people $5,000 to eat chicken nuggets for science

By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press

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RFK Jr. suggests banning candy and soda from the $113 billion government program for low-income families: ‘We shouldn’t be subsidizing people to eat poison’

By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press