America’s food-makers have told Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers to choose between the food industry and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The ultimatum comes after the industry’s traditional allies in the GOP mostly kept quiet as Kennedy, now the Health Secretary, called their products poison and blamed them for chronic disease.
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) is leading the charge with a video and report called “Manufacturers Feed America.” Jay Timmons, CEO of NAM, warns that the food industry is “under increasing strain,” and federal and state rules targeting ingredients really “risk undermining the system.” He’s pointed out that anytime you increase the regulatory burden or change a system, you inevitably drive up the cost of products.
