Newsom Cracks Down on Processed Food Echoing RFK Jr. Focus

California Governor Gavin Newsom ordered a crackdown on food additives linked to health risks, reflecting the growing bipartisan concern over the toll that highly processed diets are taking on public health.

The executive order directs the state health department to explore measures such as warning labels on products, expanded research into synthetic food dyes and stricter nutritional standards for school meals. It builds on a recent state law banning schools from serving food and drinks containing six synthetic dyes by the start of 2028, citing links to behavioral problems and cancer.