Latest draft MAHA report suggests no strict pesticide regulations (The New York Times): A draft of a closely watched White House report on children’s health, reviewed by The New York Times, avoids calling for outright bans on ultraprocessed foods and pesticides—issues Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has labeled serious threats. If finalized, the recommendations would be a relief to the food and agriculture sectors, which had braced for tougher measures. Kennedy, through his “Make America Healthy Again” campaign, has been advocating sweeping dietary reforms by urging those industries to make substantial changes.
USDA to invest $750 million in new sterile fly production facility to combat New World screwworm (AgWeb): Today in Austin, Texas, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott hosted a press conference announcing new strategies to stop the spread New World screwworm.
“We will continue to take all necessary steps across the entirety of the federal government, working alongside our partners at the state government, and in the local governments, to ensure that we keep this pest — this parasite, and others like it — out of our country that threaten our economy and our way of life,” Rollins says.