To: Secretary of HHS RFK Jr., Acting FDA Commissioner Kyle Diamantas
Make America's food system safer and rein in corporations!
The Secretary of HHS, RFK Jr., is responsible for overseeing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Yet, under his failed leadership and the Trump administration’s massive budget cuts, the FDA under RFK Jr. has done more talking and less regulating. Meanwhile, everyday people remain concerned about the harmful chemicals in their food and the erosion of food quality and safety.
It’s time to deliver for Americans. Move forward with science-backed recommendations and take the necessary federal rulemaking steps to make our food system safer. Close loopholes that allow corporations to profit at the expense of our health.
Why is this important?
The FDA is an agency responsible for reregulating our food supply and ensuring public safety. In his bid to become Secretary of HHS, RFK Jr. talked a big game about food and health. But since his confirmation, he has largely failed to deliver results for the American people.
Instead, the agency has faced substantial employee cuts—with thousands of job losses since 2025. RFK Jr. fired every single person on the FDA’s media communications team, and then the Trump administration cut nearly 1,000 full-time employees from the Food Safety Inspection Service and more than 500 from the Food and Nutrition Service.
Experts warned at the time that the cuts and changes could jeopardize the safety of our food supply, including slower response to outbreaks and emergencies. And we are already seeing the impact of these dangerous decisions.
RFK Jr. also revealed plans to relegate routine food-safety inspections currently carried out by the federal government to the states—meaning food-safety inspections could vary in consistency and oversight, leaving our interconnected systems, and public health, vulnerable.
RFK Jr. has clearly demonstrated that he is unqualified to lead the Department of Health and Human Services—spreading harmful medical disinformation and fringe conspiracy theories. And now he is failing to deliver on the real changes to our food and health systems that Americans need. Enough. Demand RFK Jr. do his job to make our food system safer for our families!