Currently, the FDA can’t even require that supplements be effective before they are sold.

The FDA is already limited in policing claims of health benefits by makers of supplements and herbal remedies — a $70 billion industry. Get ready for even less regulation.

Kennedy Jr. is now President Donald Trump’s new secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) following a Senate confirmation vote. As head of the HHS, Kennedy will oversee agencies like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration.

Kennedy will lead the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees several high-profile agencies including the Food and Drug Administration and

Kennedy Jr. faces a tough confirmation vote in the Senate to lead the Food and Drug Administration. Kennedy has vowed to clean out corruption in the health administrative agencies, but he has ruffled the feathers of a few Senators.

RFK Jr. wants to tackle the GRAS exemption, which allows companies to put chemicals in food without review by the FDA. Many have tried before him.

The former head of the FDA's food division told STAT he resigned because cuts made by the Trump administration imperil the agenda set forth by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The coming weeks and months will offer clues about the direction Kennedy will take US vaccine policy–signs as to whether he'll uphold or abandon the promises he made in the lead up to his confirmation.

James Jones resigned as FDA deputy commissioner and said the Trump administration's "indiscriminate" job cuts show "disdain for the very people necessary to implement your agenda."

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) has been confirmed by the Senate as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In this

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in Thursday as President Donald Trump ... Kennedy, too, has called for a staffing overhaul at the NIH, FDA and CDC. Last year, he promised to fire 600 employees at the NIH, the nation's largest funder ...