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00:00:01BE DECISIVE AND THERE IS ANGER
00:00:08AT BEING IGNORED, SITE
00:00:12SIDELINES, HAVING OUR ECONOMIC FUTURES MORTGAGED ON EVERYTHING
00:00:16THAT CAME BEFORE US FROM THE ECONOMY TO CLIMATE.
00:00:21WE ARE TAKING THE REINS.
00:00:22HOST: WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR TOP
00:00:27NEWS STORY. WE WILL TALK TO DANIEL IN
00:00:30LOUISIANA INDEPENDENT LINE. CALLER: HOW ARE YOU DOING?
00:00:34HOST: GOOD.
00:00:36CALLER: I WILL TALK ABOUT A FEW
00:00:41THINGS HERE, HOPEFULLY YOU WON'T CUT ME OFF.
00:00:45I WAS WATCHING TED HUGHES TALK
00:00:48ABOUT THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD. TALKING ABOUT SIX DIFFERENT
00:00:53ORGANIZATIONS TIED TO POLITICIANS IN AMERICA.
00:01:00HAVE YOU COVERED THAT STORY ABOUT TED CRUZ?
00:01:04NOT ONE DEMOCRAT WAS THERE. NOT ONE SHOWED UP.
00:01:07HOST: WAS WHERE?
00:01:09CALLER: THE THING TED CRUZ PUT
00:01:13ON ABOUT THE TERRORIST CELL IN
00:01:15AMERICA SIX DIFFERENT
00:01:20ORGANIZATIONS TIED TO THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND MICHIGAN GUYS.
00:01:24WAKE UP AMERICA.
00:01:2615 SENATORS
00:01:32>> >> LIVE NOW TO THE HHS
00:01:36SECRETARY ON HIS HEALTH POLICY AGENDA.
00:01:41>> TRANSFORMING FOOD SYSTEMS TO CONFRONT ONE OF THE MOST
00:01:45POWERFUL DRIVERS OF AMERICA'S
00:01:49CHRONIC DISEASE CRISIS. ALMOST EXACTLY TWO YEARS LATER
00:01:52WE ARE HERE CELEBRATING THE MOST
00:01:55TRANSFORMATIVE 18 MONTHS OF FOOD REFORM IN MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY.
00:01:59[APPLAUSE]
00:02:05TODAY, WE ARE TAKING TO MORE
00:02:07HISTORIC STEPS TO DELIVER ON
00:02:10THAT PROMISE THAT WE MADE TWO YEARS AGO.
00:02:14FIRST, WE ARE OVERHAULING THE
00:02:18GENERALLY RECOGNIZED SAFE GRASS
00:02:22STANDARDS AND GRASS FRAMEWORK AS WE PROPOSE A RULE THAT WOULD END
00:02:26THE PRACTICE OF COMPANIES MAKING
00:02:30GRASS DETERMINATIONS WITHOUT
00:02:33NOTIFYING THE FDA, GIVING THE
00:02:34AGENCY GREATER VISIBILITY INTO
00:02:38THE SUBSTANCE IS OUR FOOD SUPPLY . SECOND, ALONGSIDE MY FRIEND AND
00:02:43COLLEAGUE BROOKE RAWLINS, WE
00:02:45SUBMITTED FOR FINAL REVIEW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POSSIBLE
00:02:49FIRST DEFINITION OF ULTRA PROCESSED FOODS.
00:02:55[APPLAUSE]
00:02:59THESE TWO ACTIONS WILL CHANGE
00:03:01HOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OVERSEES WHAT'S IN OUR FOOD AND
00:03:05HOW WE UNDERSTAND THE FOODS AMERICANS EAT.
00:03:09NEARLY 60% OF THE AMERICAN DIET
00:03:10IS MADE UP OF ULTRA PROCESSED
00:03:14FOODS AND FOR OUR KIDS IT CAN BE
00:03:15UP TO 70% AND OBESITY AFFECTS
00:03:18ONE IN FIVE AMERICAN CHILDREN
00:03:21AND MORE THAN 70% OF AMERICAN
00:03:24ADULTS ARE OBESE OR OVERWEIGHT.
00:03:27THE CAUSES ARE SPIRITUAL,
00:03:28PHYSICAL, AND FINANCIAL.
00:03:32AMERICA SPENDS NEARLY $5 TRILLION PER YEAR ON HEALTH
00:03:35CARE, FAR MORE THAN ANY NATION
00:03:37IN THE WORLD, AND WE HAVE THE
00:03:40WORST HEALTH OUTCOMES, REMAINING
00:03:43THE WORLD'S SICKEST COUNTRY.
00:03:4690 PERCENT OF THOSE EXPENDITURES ARE FOR PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC DISEASE AND MENTAL HEALTH
00:03:52CONDITIONS, MANY OF THEM FOOD INDUCED.
00:03:54WE CANNOT SPEND OUR WAY OUT OF A
00:03:58CHRONIC DISEASE EPIDEMIC WHILE IGNORING THE THINGS THAT MAKE
00:04:02AMERICANS SICK.
00:04:03FOOD IS OUR MOST POWERFUL WEAPON
00:04:06IN OUR ARSENAL TO CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF THE CHRONIC DISEASE EPIDEMIC.
00:04:13ONE SHOULD NOT NEED A CHEMISTRY
00:04:18DEGREE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT CHILDREN ARE EATING.
00:04:22AMERICANS DESERVE TRANSPARENCY AND REAL FOOD, BRINGING ME BACK
00:04:24TO GRASS.
00:04:27WHEN I CAME TO THE HHS, I ASKED
00:04:30THE FDA HOW MANY INGREDIENTS WE
00:04:31HAVE ENOUGH AND THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T KNOW.
00:04:35THEY SAID IT COULD BE 4000, IT COULD BE 12,000.
00:04:41IT'S PROBABLY SOMEWHERE AROUND 10,000. THINK ABOUT THAT, WE DON'T EVEN
00:04:45KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY CHEMICALS
00:04:47ARE IN THE FOOD AMERICANS EAT EVERY DAY.
00:04:51THE FOOD INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO
00:04:54DEVELOP NOVEL COMPOUNDS AND
00:04:58CHEMICAL COMBINATIONS THAT DON'T EXIST IN NATURE.
00:05:01OUR BODIES DID NOT INVOLVE CONSUMING MANY OF THESE
00:05:05SUBSTANCES.
00:05:08THAT MAKES RIGOROUS SCIENCE AND
00:05:12TRANSPORTATION REVIEW EVEN MORE IMPORTANT.
00:05:16ESPECIALLY AS WE LEARN MORE AND MORE ABOUT THE ROLE OF ULTRA
00:05:19PROCESSED FOOD AND TRIGGERING CHRONIC INFLAMMATION AND THE
00:05:22ROLE OF CHRONIC AND IN THE CHRONIC DISEASE EPIDEMIC.
00:05:28UNDER THE CURRENT SYSTEM, THE
00:05:31FDA DOES NOT HAVE A COMPLETE
00:05:33PICTURE OF WHAT IS TERRAIN THE FOOD SUPPLY AND NEITHER OF
00:05:37COURSE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
00:05:39OUR REASON IS THE WAY THE GRASS SYSTEM EVOLVED.
00:05:45CONGRESS CREATED GRASS IN 1958.
00:05:51IT ALLOWED INGREDIENTS GENERALLY
00:05:52RECOGNIZED AS SAFE, WELL-CHARACTERIZED AND WELL
00:05:57UNDERSTOOD INGREDIENTS, LIKE
00:06:00SALT AND VINEGAR, TO BE USED BY COMPANIES WITHOUT HAVING TO GO
00:06:04THROUGH EXPENSIVE OR
00:06:09LONG-DURATION SAFETY STUDIES. OVER TIME THE NARROW EXEMPTION
00:06:13BECAME A MASSIVE LOOPHOLE. COMPANIES COULD MAKE THEIR OWN
00:06:16GRASS DETERMINATIONS AND PUT
00:06:19SUBSTANCES INTO THE FOOD SUPPLY
00:06:21WITHOUT EVEN NOTIFYING THE FDA.
00:06:24THAT'S WHY THE FDA STAFF COULD NOT TELL ME HOW MANY INGREDIENTS
00:06:27ARE IN OUR FOOD.
00:06:31INDUSTRY HIJACKED THE LOOPHOLE AND DROVE A CONVOY OF CHEMICAL
00:06:36TRUCKS THROUGH IT STRAIGHT INTO
00:06:38THE AMERICAN FOOD SUPPLY. THE FDA WAS LEFT WITH A MAJOR BLIND SPOT.
00:06:46ADMINISTRATION AFTER ADMINISTRATION ALLOWED THE SYSTEM TO PERSIST IN CONGRESS
00:06:50HAS NOT FIXED IT, EITHER.
00:06:54THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS REPEATEDLY DEMONSTRATED THAT IT
00:06:56WILL CONFRONT ENTRENCHED INTERESTS WHEN THEY STAND IN THE
00:07:00WAY OF PUBLIC HEALTH, WHICH IS
00:07:03WHY TODAY PRESIDENT TRUMP IS TAKING ACTION THAT SHOULD HAVE
00:07:05BEEN TAKEN DECADES AGO TO FIX
00:07:09THIS BROKEN SYSTEM AND CLOSE THE GRASS LOOPHOLE ONCE AND FOR ALL.
00:07:15[APPLAUSE]
00:07:21OUR ACTIONS START WITH A BASIC PRINCIPLE.
00:07:24IF YOU CANNOT DEFINE THE PROBLEM
00:07:26, YOU CANNOT SOLVE IT. RESEARCH IS LINKED TO HIGH
00:07:29CONSUMPTION OF ULTRA PROCESSED
00:07:33FOOD INFLAMMATION AND CHRONIC
00:07:34DISEASES LIKE TYPE TWO DIABETES,
00:07:39AS WELL AS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. FEDERAL AGENCIES STILL LACK A
00:07:44COMMON FEDERAL DEFINITION OF ULTRA PROCESSED FOOD.
00:07:49BROOKE AND I ARE CHANGING THAT AS WE DEVELOP THEIR FIRST
00:07:52PROPOSED DEFINITION OF ULTRA PROCESSED.
00:08:01MEMBERS OF INDUSTRY PROVIDED INPUT TO THE PROCESS OVER THE
00:08:03PAST 10 MONTHS. FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE WILL HAVE
00:08:08A CONSISTENT FEDERAL FRAMEWORK
00:08:13TO STUDY THESE FOODS, UNDERSTAND
00:08:15THEIR EFFECTS ON INFANT HEALTH, AND BUILD STRONGER AND MORE
00:08:19LASTING NUTRITION POLICIES WITH ACTIONS THAT FILL SWEEPING
00:08:25CHANGES AND UPDATED THE
00:08:32GUIDELINES AROUND GOLD STANDARD SCIENCE WITH A SIMPLE MESSAGE, EAT REAL FOOD.
00:08:38WE MOVED TO REMOVE SYNTHETIC PETROLEUM-BASED FOOD DIE.
00:08:46MEDICAL SCHOOLS COMMITTED TO EXPANDING NUTRITION EDUCATION TO
00:08:50OVER 40 HOURS. WE ARE WORKING TO MAKE SURE
00:08:53FEDERAL DOLLARS GO TO HEALTHIER
00:08:59MEALS IN OUR SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS
00:09:04THAT PREDATE AND PUT IN
00:09:09PREVENTION AT THE CENTER OF
00:09:10AMERICAN HEALTH POLICY AND OVER
00:09:17THE PAST ULTRA PACING OF THE ALL
00:09:24-- AUTOPILOT SYSTEM WENT TO
00:09:28APPROXIMATELY 70%.
00:09:30FOOD COMPANIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE MADE EXTRAORDINARY
00:09:34COMMITMENTS TO REFORMULATE
00:09:37PRODUCTS AND REMOVE ARTIFICIAL DYES. LAST WEEK, KELLOGG'S ANNOUNCED
00:09:40THEY WOULD ELIMINATE ARTIFICIAL
00:09:48COLORS ALL THE SERIALS BY THE END OF 2026.
00:09:54GENERAL MILLS, NESTLÉ, CONAGRA,
00:09:57SMUCKER, THEY ARE ALL AMONG THE COMPANIES THAT HAVE ALSO MADE
00:10:00MAJOR COMMITMENTS TO REMOVE
00:10:04ARTIFICIAL COLORS AND MANY OTHER ADDITIVES FROM THEIR PRODUCTS.
00:10:08THIS IS A FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT. WE ARE CHANGING FEDERAL
00:10:11NUTRITION POLICY. AMERICANS ARE CHANGING THE WAY
00:10:14TO EAT.
00:10:18COMPANIES ARE CHANGING WHAT THEY PUT ON OUR STORE SHELVES.
00:10:21HHS CANNOT COMPLETE THIS WORK
00:10:27THROUGH ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION ALONE. WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN DO WITHIN OUR LEGAL POWER.
00:10:33USING THE AUTHORITY CONGRESS HAS
00:10:35GIVEN HHS AND FHA TO STRENGTHEN
00:10:41OVERSIGHT AND PROTECT THE AMERICAN FOOD SUPPLY.
00:10:44CONGRESS MUST BUILD ON THESE ACTIONS THROUGH LEGISLATION.
00:10:48CONGRESS NEEDS TO GIVE FDA THE ADDITION TOOLS IT NEEDS TO KEEP
00:10:52PACE WITH A CHANGING FOOD SUPPLY
00:10:56AND PROTECT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
00:11:00NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO THE PRESIDENT AND I PROMISED TO TAKE
00:11:03ON BIG FOOD, OVERHAUL OUTDATED
00:11:04FOOD REGULATIONS, TELL THE
00:11:08AMERICAN PEOPLE THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT IS IN THEIR FOOD.
00:11:13THANK YOU TO THE PRESIDENT FOR
00:11:14HIS COURAGE AND RESOLVE TO MAKE
00:11:18THE HEALTH OF THE AMERICAN
00:11:19PEOPLE AND NATIONAL PRIORITY AND
00:11:22THANK YOU TO THE MAHA MOVEMENT AND THE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS
00:11:26ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM --
00:11:28THINK OUR CHILDREN DESERVE TO
00:11:33EAT.
00:11:34HE BUILT IT FROM THE GROUND UP, DEMANDED CHANGE, COMMANDING WE
00:11:38ARE TRANSFORMING THE SYSTEM BECAUSE OF YOU.
00:11:42BEFORE I LEAVE AND WHOM WITHOUT
00:11:49PHONE WE COULD NOT HAVE
00:11:53ACCOMPLISH THESE THINGS. KELLY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
00:11:57PERSISTENCE COMMITMENT, YOUR RELENTLESS WORK ON TRANSFORMING
00:12:01OUR FOOD SYSTEM.
00:12:08IT'S KYLE HAS BEEN ONE OF THE
00:12:09MOST STRIVING, MOST IMPORTANT
00:12:12DRIVING FORCES FOR REFORM FROM
00:12:17THE BEGINNING. HE LET THE FDA HUMAN FOOD PROGRAMS WITH PROFESSIONALISM
00:12:21AND DISCIPLINE AND HE IS IN
00:12:34TERMS OF CONSEQUENTIAL MOMENTS
00:12:35IN THE AMERICAN HISTORY KYLE IS
00:12:40RESPECTED BY EVERYONE WHO WAS
00:12:40WITH HIM AND GETS THINGS DONE.
00:12:44PLEASE JOIN ME IN GIVING A HUGE
00:12:46WELCOME TO OUR ACTING FDA COMMISSIONER.
00:12:522 [BOOING]
00:13:03[APPLAUSE]
00:13:07>> THANK YOU, SECRETARY. IT'S DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW THE
00:13:10SECRETARY WHEN I DON'T HAVE A WALKOUT VIDEO.
00:13:14SO INSTEAD THIS MORNING I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THE GRASS ANNOUNCEMENT
00:13:18THAT ALONGSIDE ALL THE DIETARY
00:13:22GUIDELINES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
00:13:28REPRESENTS ANOTHER HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENT ACCOMPLISHED.
00:13:31ALL AMERICANS DESERVE CONFIDENCE
00:13:35THAT THE INGREDIENTS IN A FOOD OR SUBJECT TRANSPARENT
00:13:40SCIENCE-BASED -- SCIENCE-BASED
00:13:46CRITICAL INFORMATION GAPS,
00:13:49GIVING THE ACA AND BY ADVANCING
00:13:57A PROPOSED DEFINITION OF ULTRA
00:13:58PROCESSED SEEK TO ESTABLISH
00:14:03STRONGER FOUNDATION SEARCH. TOGETHER THESE REFORMS REPRESENT
00:14:06SIGNIFICANT PROGRESSION TOWARDS A MORE TRANSPARENT AND MODERN
00:14:10SYSTEM. TO UNDERSTAND THE REFORM YOU
00:14:13HAVE TO GO BACK TO 1958, WHEN
00:14:16CONGRESS PASSED AND PRESIDENT EISENHOWER SIGNED BUT IS NOW
00:14:21KNOWN AS THE FOOD ADDITIVE AMENDMENTS.
00:14:28THIS 1958 LAW MUST BE APPROVED
00:14:35BY THE FDA PREMARKET REVIEW APPROVAL PROCESS, INTENDED BY
00:14:40CONGRESS TO BE THE PRIMARY PATHWAY FOR INGREDIENTS TO ENTER
00:14:43THE FOOD SUPPLY REQUIRING
00:14:47ENTITIES ENDED AT THE SAME TIME,
00:14:53HOWEVER AND WOULD AGREE THAT WE
00:15:02ARE GENERALLY RECOGNIZED THIS SAFE.
00:15:11SALT, VINEGAR, AND FLOUR AND
00:15:20THIS PATHWAY, THIS GRASS IS
00:15:24PATHWAY, WAS INTENDED TO BE JUST
00:15:25THAT, EXEMPTION FROM THE OTHER PREMARKET APPROVAL PROCESS.
00:15:29OVER TIME, THE GRASS PATHWAY OF
00:15:32BEGINNING THE HONORARY ACTUAL
00:15:39PREMARKET APPROVAL PROCESS IT IS
00:15:47BEEN GREAT WITHOUT BEAUTIFYING THE FDA.
00:15:54IN TERMS OF EVERYTHING PRESENT
00:15:55IN THE FOOD SUPPLY AND
00:16:01EXPERIENCES HIGHLIGHTED DIFFICULT CHALLENGES IN A
00:16:06RAPIDLY EVOLVING FOOD SUPPLY THE UNDER SECRETARY AND THE
00:16:11PRESIDENT HAVE COMMITTED TO TAKE
00:16:16PROVIDING GREATER TRANSPARENCY AND OVERSIGHT TO CONSULT OTHERS
00:16:20WHO TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT.
00:16:23TODAY'S PROPOSED RULE SEEKS TO
00:16:25FORMALLY UPDATE REGULATIONS ON ANY PERSON INTRODUCING A NEW
00:16:29GRASS SUBSTANCE WERE YOU SENT
00:16:30SUPPLY TO NOTIFY THE AGENCY THE
00:16:33BASIS FOR THE CONCLUSION UNLESS
00:16:35AN EXEMPTION APPLIES AND
00:16:39RESPECTFULLY THIS TRANSITION FROM A VOLUNTARY TO MANDATORY
00:16:42NOTIFICATION PROGRAM TO CLOSE A DECADES-OLD INFORMATION GAP TO
00:16:45GIVE GREATER FLEXIBILITY AND
00:16:48INSIGHT INTO THE SUBSTANCES USED SO THAT WE CAN MORE TIMELY
00:16:52REGULATE THE SAFETY OF OUR NATIONAL SUPPLY.
00:16:55FOR INGREDIENTS ALREADY IN THE MARKET, WE ARE PROPOSING A
00:16:58PRACTICAL TIME-LIMITED PATHWAY
00:17:08WHILE SUBMITTING NOTICES AIMED AT DRIVING TRANSPARENCY.
00:17:11BECAUSE IT IS A PROPOSED RULE WE WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WE ARE LAYING OUT A BLUEPRINT FOR
00:17:15PUBLIC REVIEW, ONE DESIGNED TO
00:17:19WORK EFFECTIVELY FOR OVERSIGHT
00:17:20AND RESPONSIBLE CONSUMER
00:17:24ADVOCACY. THIS PROPOSED RULE WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
00:17:27I THINK IT WENT LIVE AT 11:15
00:17:30THIS MORNING AND WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE ALL STAKEHOLDERS TO
00:17:34WEIGH IN BY SUBMITTING COMMENTS TO SHAPE THE FINAL OUTCOME.
00:17:36I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT IT
00:17:40ADVANCES AND APPROVES THE OVERSIGHT OF SAFETY VIA REGULATION WHILE RESPECTING THE
00:17:43LIMITATIONS OF OUR AUTHORITY UNDER THE STATUTE.
00:17:46WE KNOW THAT THERE IS BIPARTISAN
00:17:47SUPPORT FOR GRASS REFORM ON THE HILL AND WE WILL CONTINUE
00:17:52WORKING WITH CONGRESS ON LEGISLATIVE OPTIONS TO FURTHER
00:17:56ADDRESS IN ADVANCE REFORM. I WANT TO AGAIN EXPRESS MY
00:17:59GRATITUDE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR
00:18:02HIS COMMITMENT TO ADVANCING PUBLIC HEALTH AND TO SECRETARY KENNEDY FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON
00:18:07THIS AND MANY OTHER ISSUES AND WITH THAT, I WILL NOW TURN IT
00:18:09OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE. KELLY? THANK YOU.
00:18:17[APPLAUSE]
00:18:21>> CAN WE GET 1 -- ONE MORE
00:18:25ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THE MAN
00:18:27WHO HAS REMINDED THE WORLD THAT THERE IS AN F IN FDA.
00:18:32AND CAN WE -- I THINK THE KIDS
00:18:35ON THE STAGE ARE BEHAVING WELL AND DESERVE AN AMAZING ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
00:18:43IT'S A BIG DAY FOR EVERY KID, EVERY MOM IN AMERICA WHO CARES
00:18:46ABOUT FOOD SAFETY AND IT IS AN
00:18:49EMOTIONAL DAY FOR A LOT OF US.
00:18:50TWO YEARS AGO, AFTER THE
00:18:54ELECTION, SECRETARY KENNEDY TASKED IS TEEM WITH COMING UP
00:18:57WITH A LIST OF THE BOLDEST MOST
00:19:01AGGRESSIVE SETS OF FOOD REFORMS WE COULD CONCERT -- POSSIBLY
00:19:04ACCOMPLISH IN OUR FIRST TWO YEARS AND ASKED US TO ENGAGE
00:19:08WITH LEADING ADVOCATES ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT AND IGNORE
00:19:12CONVENTIONAL WISDOM ABOUT WHAT
00:19:16IS FEASIBLE. AT THE TIME AS WE PURSUED AND
00:19:20INVESTIGATED THESE POLICIES, WE WERE TOLD BY EVERYBODY THAT
00:19:23REMOVING SODA AND CANDY FROM SNAP WAS IMPOSSIBLE.
00:19:26THERE IS NO WAY WE WIN THIS BATTLE WITH SPECIAL INTERESTS
00:19:30WHEN THEY GET TENS OF BILLIONS IN SUBSIDIES FROM THE PROGRAM.
00:19:34AS WE SIT HERE TODAY, THE MAJORITY OF STATES IN THE
00:19:37COUNTRY EVER MOVED SODA OR CANDY FROM SNAP.
00:19:41[APPLAUSE]
00:19:45WE WERE TOLD BY EVERYONE THAT IT
00:19:46BE IMPOSSIBLE TO FLIP THE FOOD
00:19:51PYRAMID AND WERE ADVISED AGAINST HIGHLY PROCESSED FOOD AND
00:19:54REFINED CARBOHYDRATES IN ADDED SUGARS.
00:19:57TODAY THE FOOD PYRAMID IS FLIPPED AND WE ARE CURRENTLY
00:19:59WORKING TO SHIFT HUNDREDS OF
00:20:02BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM MILITARY TO SCHOOL MEALS TO
00:20:06DOZENS OF OTHER PROGRAMS TOWARDS REAL FOOD.
00:20:10[APPLAUSE]
00:20:13WE WERE TOLD THAT RIDDING THE
00:20:15FOOD SUPPLY OF ARTIFICIAL DYES
00:20:18WAS AN EXOTIC GOAL AND THAT 60% OF CHILDREN'S FOOD HAVE THESE
00:20:21INGREDIENTS AND ADVOCATES HAVE TRIED FOR DECADES TO GET THEM OUT.
00:20:25LAST WEEK, KELLOGG'S SAID THEY ARE ONE YEAR AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
00:20:29OF GETTING THOSE DIES OUT OF.
00:20:33WE WERE ADVISED THAT GRASS
00:20:35REFORM HAS BEEN ONE OF THE TOP
00:20:38OBJECTIVES FOR FOOD ADVOCATES FOR DECADES AND WOULD BE
00:20:43IMPOSSIBLE TO REGULATE AND TODAY WE ARE CELEBRATING
00:20:48TRANSFORMATIVE GRASS REGULATIONS.
00:20:52IN TOTAL, HISTORY WILL REMEMBER
00:20:54THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS THE MOST
00:20:57SIGNIFICANT TIME OF FOOD REFORM IN MODERN HISTORY, WHERE WE HAVE
00:21:01MADE MORE PROGRESS ON EVERY
00:21:02SINGLE ITEM THAT SECRETARY
00:21:05KENNEDY LAID OUT IN THE INITIAL LIST AND THAT MANY SAID WERE IMPOSSIBLE.
00:21:10DURING THAT TRANSITION WE ALSO SPOKE WITH SECRETARY KENNEDY ABOUT THE ULTIMATE GOALS OF OUR
00:21:15WORK AND WHAT THE GOALS OF THE MAHA MOVEMENT WOULD BE.
00:21:20HE WAS CLEAR. LOWER CHRONIC DISEASE RATES.
00:21:25DESPITE THE SNARKY ARTICLES, WE RECENTLY LEARNED THAT AFTER
00:21:29DECADES OF UNABATED INCREASING,
00:21:32THE AMERICAN OBESITY RATE HAS
00:21:33SEEN A 7.3% RELATIVE DECLINE IN JUST THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
00:21:432 NOW, SOME OF OUR FRIENDS MIGHT WANT TO GIVE GLP-1'S CREDIT AND
00:21:47MAYBE THEY ARE DUE SOME, BUT I
00:21:50THINK THAT ALL OF US CAN AGREE THAT THERE IS SOMETHING CULTURAL
00:21:53AND SPIRITUAL HAPPENING AROUND EVERY KITCHEN TABLE IN AMERICA TODAY.
00:21:57PEOPLE ARE READING FOOD LABELS
00:22:00MORE AND BECOMING MORE CONSCIENCE OF ABOUT WHAT THEY PUT IN THEIR BODY AND WE JUST
00:22:04LEARNED THAT REAL FOOD PURCHASES
00:22:06ARE UP 7% LAST YEAR, THE GREATEST INCREASE ON RECORD.
00:22:12[APPLAUSE]
00:22:17ADDITIONALLY, ALTER PROCESSED FOOD IS SEEING THE LOWEST GROWTH
00:22:19EVER IN HISTORY.
00:22:21THE AMERICAN DIET IS SHIFTING
00:22:24AND THERE IS CLEARLY SOMETHING HAPPENING IN THE MARKET AND IT'S
00:22:26A GOOD THING THAT EVERY BOARD
00:22:30ROOM IN AMERICA IS GRAPPLING WITH THIS STARK SHIFT.
00:22:34THESE MAHA POLICIES ARE
00:22:36IMPOSSIBLE TO ARGUE AGAINST. I'VE HEARD EVERYONE, THERE'S NO
00:22:40ARGUMENT.
00:22:43THEY ARE SUPPORTED BY 90% OF AMERICANS IN REALLY IS NO
00:22:46ARGUMENT WHY WE CANNOT DO THESE THINGS TO HAVE A BETTER FOOD SYSTEM IN THE TRUTH IS WE MUST
00:22:51EAT LESS ULTRA PROCESSED FOOD.
00:22:54IT'S 70% OF OUR CHILDREN PAUSE DIET. SOMETHING CLEARLY WRONG IS
00:22:59HAPPENING. WE MUST FIX REGULATIONS PERVERTED BY DECADES OF
00:23:02CORPORATE CAPTURE AND HAVE TRANSPARENCY ABOUT WHAT'S IN OUR
00:23:05CHILDREN PLUS FOOD.
00:23:06TRANSPARENCY IS CRUCIAL TO THE
00:23:10FREE MARKET IN FOOD TRANSPARENCY HAS BEEN GUTTED FOR DECADES.
00:23:16WE MUST ENSURE THAT OUR CHILDREN'S CELLS ARE NOT
00:23:20POISONED BY THOUSANDS OF UNKNOWN CHEMICALS THAT SET OUR KIDS UP
00:23:24AT SCALE FOR GUARANTEED LIFE OF
00:23:30OBESITY, DIABETES, AND MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES, NOT TO
00:23:34MENTION HIGH HEALTH CARE COSTS THREATENING TO BANKRUPT OUR COUNTRY. THEY WANT US DIVIDED ON THESE
00:23:39ISSUES. THEY WANT PARTISAN INFIGHTING.
00:23:43AS THIS EVENT DEMONSTRATES
00:23:45TODAY, THAT'S NOT HAPPENING ON THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOOD AGENDA.
00:23:50RIGHT NOW BERNIE SANDERS IS WORKING WITH REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS.
00:23:54STATES AROUND THE COUNTRY LEFT
00:23:56AND RIGHT ARE PASSING MAHA
00:24:01LEGISLATION IN THIS ADMINISTRATION IS COLLABORATING WITH MEDICAL GROUPS LIKE THE
00:24:05AMERICAN MEDICAL AND HEART ASSOCIATION IN THE ACADEMY OF
00:24:09PEDIATRICS, MANY OF WHOM ARE SUING US ON OTHER ISSUES, TO
00:24:11ADVANCE THESE POLICIES. IN ATTENDANCE TODAY WE HAVE
00:24:15LEFT-WING GROUPS IN BITTER DISAGREEMENT WITH US ON OTHER
00:24:19ISSUES BUT ARE JOINING ARMS ON
00:24:23THESE INITIATIVES TODAY. WE ALL AGREE THAT THERE IS A
00:24:26UNIQUE POLITICAL AND CULTURAL MOMENT WHERE WE CAN CHANGE THE
00:24:29INCENTIVES OF OUR FOOD SYSTEM
00:24:33AND IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS WORKING WITH EVERYONE INTERESTED IN THAT OBJECTIVE.
00:24:39THIS MOMENT WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AND RFK AND
00:24:43FRANKLY THE DECADES LONG WORK OF LEADERS ACROSS THE POLITICAL
00:24:47AISLE WHO HAVE BEEN FIGHTING ON THESE ISSUES.
00:24:50CAN WE GET A BIPARTISAN ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR SECRETARY KENNEDY
00:24:53IN THE GROUPS WORKING TOGETHER TO COMBAT THE SPECIAL INTERESTS
00:24:56AND DELIVER TRANSFORMATIONAL FOOD REFORM?
00:25:02[APPLAUSE]
00:25:07ON THE TOPIC OF GREAT PARTNERS, I WANTED TO INTRODUCE ONE OF THE
00:25:11MOST RESPECTED AND CITED
00:25:14RESEARCHERS IN THE WORLD, [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:25:17♪
00:25:30>> IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE ON THE STAGE.
00:25:34I HAVE THREE TEENAGERS IN THIS
00:25:35ONE IS ALERT APPEAR ON THE
00:25:38STAGE, THAT'S AMAZING, THANK YOU FOR BEING UP HERE AND SHOWING HOW IMPORTANT IT IS.
00:25:42I AM REALLY PLEASED TO KIND OF
00:25:44GIVE MY REMARKS ABOUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A ULTRA
00:25:47PROCESSED FOOD DEFINITION. FOOD IS THE TOP DRIVER OF
00:25:51DISEASE, DISABILITY, AND DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES.
00:25:56LET ME SAY IT AGAIN, OUR FOOD IS
00:25:57THE TOP DRIVER OF DISEASE,
00:26:02DISABILITY, AND DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES.
00:26:03EACH WEEK IT KILLS 10,000
00:26:07AMERICANS AND CAUSES 1500 NEW
00:26:09CASES OF CANCER AND CAUSES
00:26:1216,000 NEW CASES OF DIABETES AND EACH YEAR THE RESULTING HEALTH
00:26:14CARE COSTS AND LOSS OF
00:26:18PRODUCTIVITY DRAIN 1.5 TRILLION FROM THE ECONOMY.
00:26:21WE CAN NO LONGER SIT IDLY BY
00:26:23WHILE OUR HEALTH AND TREASURE
00:26:26AND THAT OF OUR CHILDREN ARE STOLEN.
00:26:30AMERICANS DEMAND AND DESERVE ACTION.
00:26:32AS A CARDIOLOGIST TO STUDIED FOOD HEALTH POLICY FOR MY ENTIRE
00:26:36CAREER, I DEEPLY GRATIFIED BY
00:26:39THE ACTIONS THE FDA IS ANNOUNCING TODAY.
00:26:41I HAVE
00:26:44Y PUBLISHED THIS FOR YEARS AND JUST WRITTEN A BOOK ON THESE TOPICS.
00:26:48THESE TWO STORIES, DEFINING ULTRAPROCESSED FOOD AND CLOSING
00:26:52THE LOOPHOLE, RANK AMONG THE
00:26:55F.D.A.'S MOST CONSEQUENTIAL FOOD AND NUTRITION ACTION IN 50 YEARS.
00:26:59THE HISTORY IS RELEVANT. THE WIDE SPREAD INFILTRATION OF
00:27:02THESE PRODUCTS INTO OUR FOOD IS NOT A STANDING PART OF OUR
00:27:05COUNTRY'S HISTORY OR OUR FAMILY TRADITION.
00:27:07IT WAS JUST A FEW DECADES AT THE CLOSE OF THE 20TH CENTURY THAT
00:27:11LED US TO RADICALLY TRANSFORM OUR FOOD. ADVANCES IN AGRICULTURE,
00:27:15MANUFACTURING AND NUTRITION SCIENCE BROUGHT EXTRAORDINARY
00:27:19CONFIDENCE, REALLY HUBRIS THAT WE COULD ENGINEER OUR FOOD
00:27:22BETTER THAN NATURE. BUT THE CHEAP INGREDIENTS AND
00:27:26THE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, AS WELL AS THE FOCUS ON LOWERING
00:27:28FAT, CREATED PROBLEMS WITH TASTE, TEXTURE, AND APPEARANCE.
00:27:33INDUSTRY RESPONDED WITH AN EVER EXPANDING ARSENAL OF
00:27:37SWEETENERSERS, FLAVORS, COLORS,
00:27:39THICKENERS, PRESERVATIVE THE
00:27:42STABILIZERS AND CHEMICALLY
00:27:43MODIFIED PROTEIN, SUGARS AND FAT. AT THE SAME TIME, THE TOBACCO
00:27:47GIANTS R.J. REYNOLDS AND PHILIP
00:27:50MORRIS, AGGRESSIVELY ACQUIRED FOOD COMPANIES, EVENTUALLY CONTROLLING A LARGE SHARE OF THE
00:27:54U.S. FOOD MARKET. THEY BROUGHT WITH THEM A WELL REHEARSED PLAYBOOK TO ENGINEER
00:27:57PRODUCTS THAT ARE IRRESISTIBLE OR EVEN ADDICTIVE.
00:28:01ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO, RESEARCHERS RECOGNIZED THE PARADOX.
00:28:05MANY PACKAGED FOODS WERE BEING REFORMULATED TO MEET
00:28:09CONVENTIONAL TARGETS FOR FAT, SUGAR SALT AND VITAMINS, YET AMERICANS AND HUNDREDS OF
00:28:13MILLIONS MORE AROUND THE WORLD WERE EATING THESE PRODUCTS AND
00:28:16GETTING SICKER. A HYPOTHESIS EMERGED, PERHAPS
00:28:20THE INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING ITSELF MATTERED.
00:28:23SINCE THEN MORE THAN 100 STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THIS TO BE TRUE.
00:28:27ULTRAPROCESSED FOODS ARE LEADING TO DIABETES, HEART DISEASE,
00:28:31DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, POOR GET HEALTH, CANCER, DEMENTIA, ASTHMA
00:28:35AND PREMATURE DEATH. THE HARMS OPERATE THROUGH
00:28:38SEVERAL PATHWAYS. EXCESS STARCH, SUGAR AND SALT.
00:28:41LOSS OF NATURAL FOOD STRUCTURE,
00:28:45FIBERS AND BIOACTIVE SAYS,
00:28:47HARMFUL ADDITIVES, THE ILLUSION
00:28:50OF FLAVOR AND SATISFACTION THAT ENCOURAGES OVERCONSUMPTION.
00:28:54IMPORTANTLY, THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT, THE CONCEPT OF ULTRAPROCESSING IS NOT INTENDED
00:28:58TO REPLACE EVERYTHING ELSE WE KNOW ABOUT NUTRITION.
00:29:01IT'S NOT THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS.
00:29:04BUT IT DOES REPRESENT A DISTINCT AND IMPORTANT NEW DIMENSION OF
00:29:07FOOD, ONE THAT THE CONSUMER DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT HAS
00:29:11POWERFUL EFFECTS ON HEALTH. CRITICS NOTE THERE'S VARIATION
00:29:14IN THE HEALTH OF ULTRAPROCESSED FOODS. THAT'S TRUE.
00:29:17THERE'S VARIATION IN THE HEALTHFULNESS OF FOODS HIGHER
00:29:21AND LOWER IN SUGAR AND SALT. THERE'S VARIATION IN LOTS OF FOOD.
00:29:24THAT'S WHY ANY DEFINITION SHOULD INCLUDE EXEMPTIONS FOR FOOD THAT
00:29:27MEET CLEARLY ESTABLISHED CRITERIA FOR BEING HEALTHY.
00:29:31JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING IS NOT THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS,
00:29:35DOESN'T MEAN IT DOESN'T MATTER.
00:29:37EVEN AFTER ACCOUNTING FOR ALL THE OTHER FACTORS WE STUDIED,
00:29:41ULTRAPROCESSING INDEPENDENTLY INFLUENCES HEALTH. WE RECENTLY SHOWED THIS IN A
00:29:46NATIONALLY REPRESENTATIVE STUDY OF 50,000 ADULTS SHOWING THAT
00:29:49EVEN AFTER ADJUSTED FOR EVERY OTHER FACTOR WE COULD THINK OF
00:29:52IN PICKUP I GUESS, PRACTICE
00:29:53PROCESSED FOODS WERE LINKED TO
00:29:57SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE MET BRITT
00:30:00HEALTH AND MORBIDITY. AMERICA NEEDS A DEFINITION.
00:30:03THE DEFINITION OF ULTRAPROCESSED FOOD WILL BE PRAGMATIC, SENSIBLE
00:30:06AND GROUNDED IN SCIENCE, BUILT ON HOW THESE FOODS HAVE BEEN
00:30:10CHARACTERIZED AND EVIDENCE DEMONSTRATING THEIR HARMS. THIS DEFINITION WILL INFORM
00:30:14PURCHASING BY CONSUMERS, AS WELL AS BY SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, WORK
00:30:17SITES, MILITARY, JAILS, AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS.
00:30:21IT WILL ALSO CREATE AN INCENTIVE FOR INDUSTRY TO REFORMULATE
00:30:24EXISTING PRODUCTS AND CREATE NEW ONES THAT ARE HEALTHIER.
00:30:27AND IT SHOULD INFORM THE FRONT TO BACK LABELING GOALS, GIG
00:30:31AMERICANS A NEW PIECE OF INFORMATION WHEN CHOOSING FOOD
00:30:34FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN. I'M ALSO EXCITED ABOUT THE
00:30:38PROPOSED RULE TO CLOSE THE LOOPHOLE, AMERICANS SHOULDN'T
00:30:41HAVE TO WONDER WHETHER THEIR FOOD IS SAFE.
00:30:43MOST PEOPLE ASSUME THAT WHEN
00:30:46WHEN A NEW SUBSTANCE IS ADDED TO THE FOOD, THE F.D.A. HAS REVIEWED IT.
00:30:49AS YOU'VE HEARD, THIS IS NOT THE REALITY. MY PATIENTS OFTEN ASK ME WHY DO
00:30:53WE HAVE ALL THESE ODD I ACTIVES IN THIS COUNTRY THAT HAVE BEEN
00:30:56BANNED IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED KINGDOM, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND.
00:30:59THE ANSWER IS JUST THE GRAB
00:31:04LOOPHOLE. WHEN CONGRESS ENACTED THIS IN 1958, THE EXEMPTION RECOGNIZED
00:31:09AS SAFE WAS INTENDED FOR THINGS LIKE PAPRIKA AND GARLIC AND
00:31:12VANILLA AND THINGS WE GENERALLY REGARDED AS SAFE.
00:31:14OVER TIME, THAT EXEMPTION HAS BECOME THE LOOPHOLE.
00:31:18THE VAST MAJORITY OF SUBSTANCES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED VIA THAT
00:31:22LOOPHOLE WITHOUT DISCLOSURE OR THE INFORMATION OR SAFETY.
00:31:25THE EXCEPTION HAS BECOME THE RULE. WE HAVE STUDY THIS HAD PROBLEM
00:31:28AND FOUND WE RETURNED THE VERY PROBLEM THAT CONGRESS TRIED TO
00:31:32FIX IN 1958. NEW SUBSTANCES ARE ENTERING OUR
00:31:35FOOD SUPPLY WITHOUT TRANSPARENCY OR FEDERAL OVERSIGHT, BUT THE
00:31:38SCALE IS EVEN GREATER THAN IT WAS AT THAT TIME.
00:31:42THIS PROPOSED RULE FINALLY CLOSES THAT LOOPHOLE. SCIENTISTS AND PUBLIC HEALTH
00:31:46ADVOCATES HAVE ASKED FOR THIS FOR DECADES.
00:31:48IT IS TRULY A LANDMARK ADVANCE. NOTIFICATION MEANS TRANSPARENCY.
00:31:51A PUBLIC DATABASE MEANS SCRUTINY.
00:31:55STRONGER REVIEW MEANS HARM CAN TRIGGER ACTION.
00:31:59I ALSO HELPED THE F.D.A. UPDATE
00:32:01THE RED BOOK SAFETY CRITERIA FOR
00:32:03BOTH ADDITIVES AND GRASS, ADDING
00:32:08NEW ROW DEVELOPMENT AND -- NEURO
00:32:12DEVELOPMENT FOR CHILDREN. NONE OF THIS NEEDS TO IMPEDE
00:32:16INNOVATION. IT WILL SIMPLY MAKE INNOVATION
00:32:18WORTHY OF THE PUBLIC'S TRUST. MAKE NO MISTAKE.
00:32:22THESE ACTIONS ARE SENDING SHOCK WAVES THROUGH THE FOOD INDUSTRY,
00:32:26THREATENING SOME OF ITS MOST PROFITABLE PRODUCTS.
00:32:30EXPECT AGGRESSIVE EFFORTS TO CONFUSE THE PUBLIC AND UNDERMINE THE SCIENCE.
00:32:33BIG FOOD WILL SAY THIS WILL RAISE FOOD PRICES AND COST JOBS.
00:32:37BUT ANY OF THESE EFFECTS WILL BE PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR, INDEED
00:32:41FRACTIONS OF PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR COMPARED TO THE HUMAN AND
00:32:44ECONOMIC SUFFERING CURRENTLY WROUGHT BY ULTRAPROCESSED FOODS
00:32:47AND ADDITIVES. THIS SAYS THE MOMENT FOR LEADERS
00:32:51AND POLICY MAKERS ACROSS THE AISLE TO STAND TOGETHER BEHIND THE SCIENCE AND THE
00:32:55IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE F.D.A. ACTION SAYS.
00:32:58GOVERNMENT, SCIENTISTS, CLINICIANS AND CONSUMERS WILL
00:33:01HAVE THE INFORMATION THEY NEED, WHILE INDUSTRY WILL HAVE A POWERFUL INCENTIVE TO DEVELOP
00:33:05SAFER, HEALTHIER FOODS. THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE REMAINS SIMPLE.
00:33:09AMERICANS SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WONDER WHETHER THEIR FOOD IS SAFE.
00:33:12THANK YOU.
00:33:18>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME
00:33:19TO THE STAGE.
00:33:31>> HI, EVERYBODY. WOW, IT IS SO EXCITING TO BE HERE TODAY.
00:33:34WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, MY PARENTS WERE VERY TRUSTING OF
00:33:38THE AMERICAN FOOD SUPPLY. IF IT'S ON THE GROCERY STORE SHELF, IT'S SAFE.
00:33:42IF IT'S ADVERTISED TO CHILDREN,
00:33:46SOMEBODY MADE SURE IT WAS OK. AND IF THE GOVERNMENT ALLOWS IT,
00:33:50SOMEBODY TESTED IT, RIGHT?
00:33:54WELL, THAT'S WHAT MILLIONS OF
00:33:55AMERICAN FAMILIES STILL BELIEVE TODAY.
00:33:59TODAY SHOULD BE A WAKE-UP CALL
00:34:00FOR EVERY FOOD COMPANY MAKING AN
00:34:03ULTRAPROCESSED FOOD. BECAUSE NOW THE GOVERNMENT IS
00:34:06FIXING THE FOOD SYSTEM THAT IS
00:34:08SO DISTURBINGLY BROKEN, THAT OUR
00:34:12FOOD SUPPLY HAS BEEN FLOODED
00:34:14WITH UNNECESSARY, SYNTHETIC
00:34:17CHEMICALS AND INDUSTRIAL ADDITIVES THAT ARE DESTROYING OUR HEALTH.
00:34:21CHEMICALS THAT ARE BANNED OR
00:34:23RESTRICTED IN OTHER COUNTRIES,
00:34:28CHEMICALS THAT ARE ENGINEERED TO BE MORE ADDICTIVE.
00:34:30CHEMICALS THAT ALLOW THE FOOD
00:34:33SUPPLY TO MANUFACTURE SEEMINGLY
00:34:35CHEAPER PRODUCTS TO MAXIMIZE
00:34:37PROFITS AND NOT OUR HEALTH.
00:34:39CHEMICALS THAT POISON OURSELVES.
00:34:43FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS, WE'VE BEEN PART OF ONE OF THE MOST
00:34:47UNCONTROLLED EXPERIMENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
00:34:50THE TEST SUBJECTS WEREN'T LAB RATS. THEY WERE US.
00:34:54THEY WERE OUR CHILDREN.
00:34:57THEY WERE ME.
00:34:59I USED TO BE ADDICTED TO ULTRAPROCESSED FOODS.
00:35:02I WAS SICK, OVERWEIGHT, DEPRESSED.
00:35:06I HAD TWO SURGERIES BY MY EARLY 20'S.
00:35:09I DIDN'T VOLUNTEER FOR THIS
00:35:11EXPERIMENT, AND NOBODY ASKED FOR
00:35:15OUR CONSENT. WHILE CORPORATE PROFITS GREW, WE WATCHED AS THE PEOPLE AROUND US
00:35:19GOT SICKER, OUR FRIENDS, OUR
00:35:23FAMILY, OUR CHILDREN, AND WE KEPT ASKING YES.
00:35:25WE WERE TOLD TO STOP ASKING QUESTIONS.
00:35:29JUST TRUST THE EXPERTS.
00:35:31JUST TRUST THE SYSTEM.
00:35:34BUT THE SYSTEM FAILED US.
00:35:36THE SYSTEM ALLOWED THE FOOD
00:35:38INDUSTRY TO POLICE ITSELF.
00:35:41FOUR LITTLE WORDS GOT US INTO THIS MESS.
00:35:44GENERALLY REGARDED AS SAFE.
00:35:47SAFE ACCORDING TO WHO?
00:35:49ACCORDING TO THE VERY COMPANIES
00:35:53MAKING BILLIONS OF IT. BIG FOOD HIRED THEIR OWN EXPERTS.
00:35:56THEY WROTE THEIR OWN SAFETY REPORTS.
00:36:00THEY DECLARED ALL BY THEMSELVES
00:36:03WHAT THEY WERE SELLING AMERICAN FAMILIES WAS SAFE, AND THEN THEY
00:36:06DIDN'T HAVE TO TELL ANYONE ABOUT IT.
00:36:09AND WE HAVE BEEN PAYING THE COST.
00:36:12TO PROTECT OUR FAMILIES, PARENTS
00:36:14HAD TO BECOME FOOD DETECTIVES,
00:36:17RESEARCHING INGREDIENTS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROVEN SAFE.
00:36:20AND WHEN WE DEMANDED BETTER, WE
00:36:23WERE MOCKED. WE WERE DISMISSED.
00:36:27WE WERE CALLED FEAR MONGERRERS.
00:36:29AND FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS, I
00:36:32HAVE STOOD BESIDES MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO HAVE SIMPLY WANTED
00:36:36FOOD THAT WOULDN'T HARM THEIR
00:36:40FAMILIES. TODAY IS A TURNING POINT. BECAUSE FROM THIS DAY FORWARD,
00:36:44THE RULES FOR THE FOOD INDUSTRY
00:36:45ARE CHANGING. EVERYONE WILL FINALLY KNOW
00:36:49WHAT'S HIDDEN IN ULTRAPROCESSED FOOD.
00:36:52AND IF YOUR PRODUCT STILL CONTAIN THESE CHEMICALS, YOU'RE
00:36:55GOING TO BE TARGETED. NOT JUST BY CONSUMERS LIKE ME
00:36:58THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BUY YOUR
00:37:00PRODUCTS, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE
00:37:02TARGETED BY PROCUREMENT, BY
00:37:05DISTRIBUTORS, BY SUPPLIERS, BY
00:37:07REGULATORS, MAYBE EVEN LAWSUITS. THOSE ARE ALREADY HAPPENING,
00:37:11RIGHT?
00:37:12AND DEFINITELY LABELING.
00:37:16THANK GOODNESS, 50% OF THE FOOD
00:37:19INDUSTRY IS IN THE PROCESS OF OR
00:37:22ALREADY REMOVING ARTIFICIAL FOOD
00:37:25DYES, ONE OF THE DEFINING QUALITIES OF ULTRAPROCESSED FOODS.
00:37:27I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CANDY
00:37:31INDUSTRY AND MY TWO FAVORITE FOOD GIANTS, PEPSI AND MARS, TO
00:37:35FINALLY MAKE THE COMMITMENT. I JUST WONDER, WHAT ARE YOU
00:37:38WAITING FOR? YOU ALREADY MAKE THESE PRODUCTS
00:37:41FOR SO MANY OTHER COUNTRIES.
00:37:43US MOMS ARE WATCHING.
00:37:45PLEASE DON'T IGNORE US.
00:37:49I WANT TO THANK EVERY PARENT,
00:37:53ADVOCATE, AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO REFUSED TO STOP SPEAKING UP.
00:37:57AND I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK
00:37:59PRESIDENT TRUMP, SECRETARY
00:38:02KENNEDY, CALLIE MEANS, FOR
00:38:06WORKING TIRELESSLY TO ENCOURAGE
00:38:09AMERICANS TO EAT MORE REAL FOOD.
00:38:11FOR THE FIRST TIME OUR
00:38:14GOVERNMENT IS HIGHLIGHTING THE
00:38:16LOOPHOLES THAT ALLOWED THESE
00:38:18COMPANIES AND CHEMICALS, THESE COMPANIES TO PUT CHEMICALS IN
00:38:22OUR FOOD SUPPLY.
00:38:23THIS IS A MAJOR STEP FORWARD.
00:38:26BUT DON'T LET THIS BE ALL THERE IS.
00:38:30WE HAVE SO MUCH WORK TO DO TO
00:38:34GET THIS DONE. WE HAVE TO KEEP PUSHING FOR MORE.
00:38:36WE HAVE TO KEEP PUSHING UNTIL
00:38:38EVERY FAMILY CAN WALK INTO THE GROCERY STORE AND BUY REAL FOOD
00:38:42WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT THE CHEMICALS INSIDE THEM.
00:38:46EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD KNOW WHAT
00:38:48ULTRAPROCESSED FOOD REALLY IS.
00:38:50LET'S REVERSE THE MASS EXPERIMENT THAT HAS BEEN CARRIED
00:38:54OUT ON OUR BODIES FOR DECADES, BECAUSE WHEN WE KNOW WHAT'S IN
00:38:58OUR FOOD, WE START DEMANDING BETTER.
00:39:01AND WHEN WE DEMAND BETTER,
00:39:03COMPANIES HAVE TWO CHOICES, EITHER CHANGE OR LOSE OUR
00:39:06BUSINESS. MOMS, I WILL KEEP FIGHTING FOR YOU.
00:39:10AND I WILL KEEP FIGHTING FOR YOU NO MATTER WHO IS IN OFFICE.
00:39:13THANK YOU SO MUCH, SECRETARY KENNEDY, AND THE ENTIRE TEAM FOR
00:39:17MAKING THIS POSSIBLE HERE TODAY.
00:39:23>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STAGE, H.H.S.
00:39:27CHIEF COUNSELOR AND NOMINEE FOR
00:39:31DEPUTY SECRETARY, CHRIS CLUMP.
00:39:42PATIENT, LITTLE ONES, WE GOT THIS.
00:39:44LAST YEAR MY WIFE AND FOUR CHILDREN WERE IN AN AIRPORT, WAITING FOR A FLIGHT.
00:39:48ACROSS FROM THEM WAS A GENTLEMAN
00:39:50IN HIS MID 60'S, A BRICKLAYER.
00:39:53AT SOME POINT HE STRUCK UP A CONVERSATION WITH HER.
00:39:56AND HE WAS SITTING THERE NOTABLE WALL BAG OF POTATO CHIPS AND
00:40:00SODOMY ACIN HIS HAND. AND -- AND SODA IN HIS HAND,
00:40:04HAVING NO IDEA WHO SHE WAS OR WHAT HER HUSBAND DOES AND SAID,
00:40:08HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS MAHA THING PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT?
00:40:11HE FOLLOWED AND SAID, I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING TO IT.
00:40:14I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO.
00:40:17I WISH SOMEBODY, THE GOVERNMENT,
00:40:19ANYONE, WOULD JUST TELL ME WHAT I SHOULD BE EATING SO I CAN FEEL
00:40:23BETTER.
00:40:27SHE TOLD ME ABOUT THIS CONVERSATION AND I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT MANY TIMES SINCE THAT
00:40:31MOMENT. THERE ARE GOOD REASONS FOR THAT. THERE ARE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS
00:40:33LIKE THIS GENTLEMAN THAT WANT TO BE HEALTHIER, THEY WANT TO FEEL
00:40:37BETTER. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A SYSTEM TO
00:40:39GIVES THEM HONEST INFORMATION, CLEAR GUIDANCE AND A FAIR SHOT
00:40:44AT MAKING HEALTHY CHOICES.
00:40:45AND YET FOR TOO LONG WE HAVE A
00:40:48SYSTEM THAT IS FOCUSED AND BEEN
00:40:51EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD AT TREATING DISEASE AFTER IT DEVELOPS AND
00:40:53FAR LESS FOCUSED ON UNDERSTANDING WHY PEOPLE BECAME
00:40:57SICK IN THE FIRST PLACE. TOO OFTEN WE'VE REGARDED AND
00:41:01REWARDED TREATMENT OVER PREVENTION, MANAGEMENT MORE THAN
00:41:05HEALTH, AND COMPLEXITY MORE THAN TRANSPARENCY.
00:41:08BUT THAT'S BEGINNING TO CHANGE. AND IT'S DRIVEN BY THE HISTORIC
00:41:11ALIGNMENT OF INTERESTS UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND SECRETARY KENNEDY'S LEADERSHIP OF THESE
00:41:15EFFORTS.
00:41:17AT H.H.S., WE'RE BUILDING WHAT
00:41:22WE THINK ABOUT AS A 10-YEAR BRIDGE FROM A SYSTEM THAT REACTS
00:41:25TO CHRONIC DISEASE TO ONE THAT INCREASINGLY UNDERSTANDS ROOT
00:41:29CAUSES, THAT PREVENTION DISEASE BEFORE IT DEVELOPS AND DELIVERS
00:41:32CARE TAILORED TO THE INDIVIDUAL. AND THE ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY ARE PART OF THAT.
00:41:35I'M GOING TO SUMMARIZE THREE PILLARS QUICKLY.
00:41:38THE FIRST IS TRANSPARENCY IN AND HEALTHIER FOOD.
00:41:42AMERICANS DESERVE TO KNOW WHAT'S IN THE FOOD THAT THEY FEED THEIR FAMILIES.
00:41:46THEY DELIVER RULES THAT MAKE HEALTHY CHOICES EASIER TO UNDERSTAND, NOT HARDER.
00:41:50AND OUR WORK ON GRASS AND ON ULTRAPROCESSED FOOD IS PART OF
00:41:54THE EFFORT.
00:41:55SO OUR INITIATIVES AROUND THE
00:41:58AGRICULTURE, BETTER HOSPITAL FOOD, MEDICAL NUTRITION, THINGS YOU SEE ON THE SIGNS AROUND THIS
00:42:02ROOM, AND WE'LL KEEP TAKING THE SIMPLE MESSAGE AROUND THE COUNTRY.
00:42:06EAT REAL FOOD. GET ACTIVE.
00:42:09SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT'S OVERLY SIMPLISTIC.
00:42:12WE COULD NOT DISAGREE MORE STRONGLY. WE HAVE TO DO THIS.
00:42:16THAT BRICKLAYER IN THE AIRPORT WASN'T LOOKING FOR A 200-PAGE REPORT.
00:42:19HE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT HE COULD DO TOMORROW TO FEEL BETTER, TO
00:42:23BE HEALTHIER. THE SECOND PART IS SCIENCE.
00:42:26THE THIRD PART IS PERSONALIZED
00:42:28AND PREVENTIVE HEALTHCARE.
00:42:31THAT MEANS BETTER INCENTIVES FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY, BETTER
00:42:35INFORMATION, MORE CONTROL FOR AMERICANS OVER THEIR HEALTHCARE
00:42:38DECISIONS, ULTIMATELY OUR SUCCESS WILL NOT BE MEASURED BY
00:42:41HOW MANY REGULATIONS WE WRITE OR HOW MANY PROGRAMS WE LAUNCH.
00:42:44IT WILL BE MEASURED BY OUTCOMES, AND THOSE OUTCOME WILL BE
00:42:48ANSWERED BY SIMPLE QUESTIONS.
00:42:52FEWER AMERICANS DEVELOPING CHRONIC DISEASE, ARE AMERICANS
00:42:54LIVING LONGER, HEALTHY LIVES. ARE PATIENTS RECEIVING CARE THAT
00:42:57IS INCREASINGLY TAILORED TO THEM.
00:43:00ARE HEALTH COSTS BECOMING MORE MANAGEABLE FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES?
00:43:03THOSE ARE THE MEASURES THAT MATTER.
00:43:06AND THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE'RE
00:43:08TAKING AMERICAN HEALTHCARE ON
00:43:10THIS 10-YEAR BRIDGE.
00:43:13MORE TRANSPARENCY, MORE
00:43:17PREVENTION, SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE MOVING. WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU BEING HERE TODAY.
00:43:20WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
00:43:24THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
00:43:29WE'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO STAY SEATED. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE
00:43:32WITH THE GROUP. WE INVITED ALL SPEAKERS TO COME UP IN JUST A MOMENT.
00:43:35THANK YOU.
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