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Exhibit 577

HHS, FDA and USDA Address the Health Risks of Ultra-Processed Foods

Exhibit 577 ยท Agency press release

HHS, FDA and USDA Address the Health Risks of Ultra-Processed Foods

Currently, there is no single authoritative definition for ultra-processed foods for the U.S. food supply.

Announces the joint request for information. States that there is no single authoritative definition, and that a uniform definition will allow consistency in research and policy. Quotes the HHS Secretary and FDA Commissioner on health risks of such foods; those statements are the officials' own and are not findings.

Source
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Date
23 July 2025
Quoted from
Paragraph 3
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/hhs-fda-usda-ultra-processed-foods-definition-rfi.html
Archived
https://web.archive.org/web/20260129045435/https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/hhs-fda-usda-ultra-processed-foods-definition-rfi.html
Accessed
2026-11-09
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Findings citing this exhibit

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Finding AGR-1.12
Primary record FDA and USDA published a joint request for information on 25 July 2025 stating there is "no single, universally accepted definition" of ultra-processed food. The comment period was extended to 23 October 2025.