Consumer Brands Association and American Farm Bureau Federation statements to 60 Minutes

Consumer Brands Association and American Farm Bureau Federation statements to 60 Minutes

The Consumer Brands Association and the American Farm Bureau Federation provided the following statements for 60 Minutes' report Sunday, "Generally Recognized as Safe."

60 Minutes Asks Ex-FDA Boss How He Can Trust RFK Jr on Food Additives If ‘You Don’t Trust Him on Vaccines’

Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. David Kessler — who took on Big Tobacco in the 1990s — told 60 Minutes on Sunday that he’s an unlikely ally in Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s crusade against Big Food’s use of harmful additives. Kessler told Bill Whitaker that the foods generally referred to as empty calories, “are not just empty. They’re ending up in your liver, and that fat in your liver is gonna…