MAHA Knows Who Is Poisoning America. Defining The Food Is Taking Longer.

The Trump administration has been trying to define ultraprocessed food since before its food adviser resigned. It has now successfully defined former food adviser.

April was supposed to bring the government's first definition of ultraprocessed food. Instead, the FDA's acting commissioner explained that defining it was “really hard.” In August, Kennedy's staff again suggested news was imminent. The announcement concerned a proposal on food additives, with ultraprocessed food receiving a passing mention.

That is a difficult dietary instruction to follow. Avoid the thing we are still identifying. If you see us approaching a definition, put it back on the shelf.

Now Calley Means, one of the movement's leading food advocates and a top adviser to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has resigned, the Associated Press reports. He gave no reason and expressed respect for Kennedy and Trump. The White House says he did a fantastic job.

It is a curious personnel result: the adviser has an exit date; the definition still has a promising future.

AP reports that Means frequently clashed with senior White House officials worried about alienating the food industry. This offers a useful distinction for anyone confused by the delay. The administration may struggle to identify ultraprocessed food, but it can already identify the people who would be upset if it did.

Other MAHA figures wanted more attention to “medical freedom,” including rolling back vaccine recommendations and approvals. Means had also spent his time attacking physician groups, federal agencies and government scientists as self-interested. There has been no comparable shortage of nouns for those people.

Scientists. Doctors. Agencies. All perfectly definable. It is only when the discussion reaches the food companies that the English language requires further study.