US Health Secretary Delays Rule Updating Definition of Healthy on Food Labels

The Food and Drug Administration announced in late 2024 that it was updating the definition of healthy on food labels.

Fresh vegetables at a farmer's market in Monterey Park, Calif., on Sept. 29, 2017. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has ordered the delay of a new rule updating the definition of “healthy” on food product labels.

The new Food and Drug Administration (FDA) final rule will not go into effect until April 28, a delay from the originally announced implementation date of Feb. 25, Kennedy said in an update on Tuesday.