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RFK Jr. ally Calley Means formally joins Trump administration

Calley Means joins HHS to advise on food policy, focusing on rewriting dietary guidelines and regulating ultraprocessed foods for the Make America Healthy Again agenda.

  • On Tuesday, Calley Means is formally joining the Department of Health and Human Services as senior adviser on food and nutrition policy, working directly with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the agency told POLITICO.
  • Means, who served as a special government employee earlier this year, is a close ally of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and a vocal supporter of the Make America Healthy Again movement.
  • Policy priorities include rewriting the U.S. dietary guidelines and creating a framework for regulating ultraprocessed foods, linking to SNAP debates like the Wisconsin Assembly vote today.
  • Her hiring arrives amid negative headlines for HHS, including research funding cuts, controversial vaccine stances amid a measles outbreak, and a Senate Finance Committee vote on Thomas 'March' Bell's IG nomination.
  • HHS's focus on chronic disease positions Means to support Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s MAHA agenda, which experts say could aid the Republican Party in the 2026 race amid Wisconsin Assembly's SNAP vote today.
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U.S. News broke the news in New York, United States on Tuesday, November 18, 2025.
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