an accredited agent<\/u>certified organic by","Add":{"Target": :"New","Property":(),"url": :"https:\/\/www.ams.usda.gov\/services\/organic-certification\/becoming-certified","_Identification": :"0000019d-2330-d970-a7bd-b3fd16c50005","_Type": :"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_Identification": :"0000019d-2330-d970-a7bd-b3fd16c50006","_Type": :"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}”>Certified organic by an accredited agent<\/u><\/a> (California remains the only state with its own state organic program). The requirements of this bill are the same: By June 2028, applicants will be able to apply to an accredited certification agent to have their products approved to use the “California Certified” seal, and renew that certification every three years.<\/p>\n\u201cThere are a lot of manufacturers that make claims about their products that are not necessarily obvious to consumers,\u201d said Bernadette Del Chiaro, who leads the California operations of the Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit that has worked with Gabriel on previous ultraprocessed food-related bills. \u201cThe beauty of this idea is that the label will absolutely say \u2018not ultraprocessed\u2019, that will be a signal to consumers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Targeting ultraprocessed foods is both popular and bipartisan: the rare public health issue that might tick both of those boxes. In a poll conducted this month by Politico and Public First, more than 60 percent of people said they support removing ultraprocessed foods from shelves, including 73 percent of Donald Trump voters and 66 percent of Kamala Harris voters.<\/p>\n
It is an issue popularized at the federal level by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his Make America Healthy Again movement. Their “Eat Real Food” campaign, launched with a Mike Tyson ad during the Super Bowl, also focuses on getting people away from “highly processed” foods.<\/p>\n
In response, national manufacturers have stepped up their response<\/u>","Add":{"Target": :"New","Property":(),"url": :"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/03\/08\/processed-food-manufacturers-rfk-maha-affordability-00799828","_Identification": :"0000019d-2330-d970-a7bd-b3fd16c50007","_Type": :"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_Identification": :"0000019d-2330-d970-a7bd-b3fd16c50008","_Type": :"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}”>has increased its opposition<\/u> in recent months, arguing that regulatory burdens raise prices for consumers and that state regulations on content “risk weakening the system.” In legislation passed last year, lawmakers defined as ultraprocessed any food or drink that contains flavor or color enhancers and that is high in saturated fat, sodium or specific added sugars or sweeteners.<\/p>\n
In an interview, Gabriel said that “people who are trying to protect the broken status quo need to read the room, and they are very out of touch with the American public.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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