Although the law applies only to K-12 school settings, its effects have the potential to ripple beyond school meals,” Hogan ...

Underpinned by the principals of basing decisions on sound science, the need to improve public health and avoiding unintended ...

Food and agriculture groups say the Trump administration’s attempt to define “ultraprocessed” foods and reduce their ...

The Non-UPF Program says it's the first to offer a label in the U.S. for brands to highlight products free from excessive ...

On October 8, 2025, Governor Gavin Newson signed into law Assembly Bill 1264, the Real Food, Healthy Kids Act, as an attempt ...

The Trump administration’s highly anticipated federal dietary recommendations are likely to reverse decades of nutrition ...

Political and regulatory efforts to define ultra-processed foods and discourage their consumption could have unintended ...

However, the term ‘ultra-processed food’ is a catch-all term that could unintentionally misclassify nutrient dense foods simply because they are processed. If the Trump administration’s aim is to ...

Still, NCC believes if the agencies choose to move forward with a classification system, it urges them to use a “uniform, science-based approach to characterizing foods — one that prioritizes ...

California will become the first state to phase out some ultra-processed food at school. The new law was signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last week at Belvedere Middle School in Los Angeles and prohibits ...

IFPA is urging the USDA and the DHHS to exempt fruits, vegetables, and nuts from any definition of ultra-processed foods, ...

Earlier this year, President Trump formed the Make America Healthy Again Commission. The Commission included representatives from more than a dozen government agencies. The Commission was tasked with ...