Newsom aims to limit unhealthy food in California, getting ahead of Trump administration and RFK Jr. [View all]

The move builds on California’s work to ban several food additives commonly found in popular cereal, soft drinks and candy and to block schools from providing Flamin’ Hot Cheetos and other snacks made with certain synthetic dyes.
The order comes as President-elect Donald Trump seeks Senate confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Kennedy, a controversial anti-vaccine activist and a vocal critic of ultra-processed foods, promised to radically overhaul the country’s food system.

Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order on Friday attempting to limit access to ultra-processed foods, a directive he cast as a continuation of California’s “nation leading” nutrition and health standards.

“The food we eat shouldn’t make us sick with disease or lead to lifelong consequences,” Newsom said in a statement.

Continued at: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-03/newsom-rfk-jr-food-additives