2026年2月16日 1:41 UTC / 路透社
美国卫生与公众服务部部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪（Robert F. Kennedy Jr.）于2025年11月12日在美国华盛顿特区举行的首届“让美国重获健康”（MAHA）峰会上与美国副总统JD·万斯（未在图中显示）交谈。路透社/内森·霍华德/档案照片 [购买许可权利，新标签页打开]
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- FDA将审查加工食品成分的状态
- 肯尼迪旨在关闭白宫批准前的漏洞
- 凯斯勒将超加工食品与慢性疾病联系起来
纽约，2月15日（路透社） – 美国卫生与公众服务部部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪周日在讲话中表示，美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）将考虑一份请愿书，以撤销数十种加工精制碳水化合物的安全状态，除非食品公司能够证明这些成分是安全的，且不会导致健康问题和肥胖。
他表示，FDA将处理前机构专员大卫·凯斯勒（David Kessler）的请求。凯斯勒去年8月要求FDA将玉米糖浆和其他数十种甜味剂及淀粉从被归类为“通常被认为是安全的”（GRAS）成分名单中移除。
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“我们将对大卫·凯斯勒的请愿书采取行动，”肯尼迪告诉哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）的《60分钟》节目，“他提出的问题，FDA早就应该提出了。”
肯尼迪和凯斯勒表示，1958年由国会颁布的GRAS分类允许在没有全面政府安全审查的情况下使用某些成分，因为它允许食品公司在没有监督的情况下自行验证这些成分的安全性。肯尼迪称，如果获得白宫批准，他打算关闭这一漏洞。
“如果一种产品是超加工食品，任何美国人都无法知道它是否安全，”肯尼迪在《60分钟》节目中表示。
行业协会“消费品牌协会”（Consumer Brands Association）在一份声明中表示：“食品公司已经‘遵守FDA对食品供应中成分的科学和基于风险的评估’。”
“GRAS流程在使公司能够创新以满足消费者需求方面发挥着重要作用……我们随时准备与卫生与公众服务部和FDA合作，对GRAS进行修订，以继续确保对安全成分的分析并提高消费者透明度，”该组织表示。
凯斯勒是一名儿科医生，1990年至1997年担任FDA专员。
在担任FDA负责人期间，凯斯勒曾试图根据该机构的规定对烟草进行监管。这一努力最终失败，但有助于将烟草行业置于更受关注的焦点之下。
他现在希望FDA对大型食品公司采取同样的做法。
“我们改变了这个国家对烟草的看法，”凯斯勒告诉哥伦比亚广播公司节目，“我们需要改变这个国家对这些超加工食品的看法。”
肯尼迪在任期间最引人注目的举措之一是针对加工食品和人工色素的运动。特朗普政府上月宣布了新的饮食指南，敦促美国人比之前建议的多吃蛋白质、少吃糖，并避免高度加工食品。
但在周日的节目中，肯尼迪并未明确表示会呼吁加强政府监管。
“我不是说我们要监管超加工食品，”他说，“我们的工作是确保每个人都了解自己在吃什么，让公众能够做出知情选择。”
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US health regulators to consider safety status of processed ingredients, RFK Jr. says
February 16, 2026 1:41 AM UTC / Reuters
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks with U.S. Vice President JD Vance (not pictured) during the inaugural Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) summit in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 12, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo [Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab]
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- FDA to review status of processed food ingredients
- Kennedy aims to close loophole pending White House approval
- Kessler links ultraprocessed foods to chronic diseases
NEW YORK, Feb 15 (Reuters) – The Food and Drug Administration will consider a petition to revoke the safety status of dozens of processed refined carbohydrates unless food companies can prove they are safe and not contributing to health issues and obesity, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in remarks that aired on Sunday.
He said the FDA would take up a request by former agency Commissioner David Kessler, who asked it last August to remove corn syrup and dozens of other sweeteners and starches from the list of ingredients classified as GRAS, or Generally Recognized as Safe.
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“We will act on David Kessler’s petition,” Kennedy told CBS’ “60 Minutes” program. “And the questions that he’s asking are questions that FDA should’ve been asking a long, long time ago.”
Kennedy and Kessler say the GRAS classification, enacted by Congress in 1958, has allowed the use of ingredients without a full government safety review because it lets food companies verify the safety of those items without oversight. Kennedy said that he intends to close that loophole if he gets White House approval.
“There is no way for any American to know if a product is safe if it is ultraprocessed,” Kennedy said on “60 Minutes.”
Food companies already “adhere to the FDA’s science and risk-based evaluation of ingredients in the food supply,” said the Consumer Brands Association, a trade group, in a statement.
“The GRAS process plays an important role in enabling companies to innovate to meet consumer demand … We stand ready to work with HHS and FDA as they look to revise GRAS to continue to ensure the analysis of safe ingredients and increase consumer transparency,” the group said.
Kessler, a pediatrician, was FDA commissioner from 1990 to 1997.
During his tenure heading the FDA, Kessler tried to regulate tobacco under the agency. The effort ultimately failed, but it helped put a greater spotlight on the tobacco industry.
He now wants the FDA to take the same approach with large food companies.
“We changed how this country views tobacco,” Kessler told the CBS program. “We need to change how this country views these ultraprocessed foods.”
Kennedy’s campaign against processed foods and artificial dyes has been one of his most high-profile endeavors in office. The Trump administration last month announced new dietary guidelines that urge Americans to eat more protein and less sugar than previously advised, while avoiding highly processed foods.
But on Sunday’s show, Kennedy stopped short of saying he would call for more government regulations.
“I’m not saying that we’re going to regulate ultraprocessed food,” he said. “Our job is to make sure that everybody understands what they’re getting, to have an informed public.”
Reporting by Michelle Conlin in New York; Editing by Sergio Non, Alistair Bell and Thomas Derpinghaus
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