卫生部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪改革美国食品体系的努力遇到了迄今为止最大的障碍：白宫。
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. efforts to revamp America’s food system have hit their biggest hurdle yet: The White House.
两年前，特朗普竞选团队与肯尼迪联手，支持他向慢性病宣战的雄心。但对他关于食品的想法是否可行的担忧引发了政府内部的冲突，给这一曾经强大的政治议程蒙上了不确定性，该议程曾吸引了数百万选民的支持。
Two years ago, the Trump campaign joined forces with Kennedy, embracing his ambition to wage war on chronic disease. But concerns about whether his ideas on food are even feasible has prompted clashes within the administration, casting uncertainty over a once potent political agenda that drew support from millions of voters.
在白宫高级官员于7月召开的一次会议上，气氛紧张。讨论的内容是超加工食品的定义——这是肯尼迪 overhaul 美国食品供应计划中一个看似晦涩但至关重要的部分——以及是否应由白宫工作人员进行进一步审查。
At a July meeting convened by senior White House officials, tensions were running high. Up for discussion was a definition of ultraprocessed food—a wonky but critical part of Kennedy’s plans to overhaul the U.S. food supply—and whether it should undergo a layer of further review by White House staff.
据知情人士和《华尔街日报》看到的一份文件称，卫生官员推动的定义是：如果加工食品含有人工色素、非营养性甜味剂或化学防腐剂等成分，则应被视为超加工食品，但有重要豁免。白宫工作人员担心，这一定义可能涵盖美国杂货店中的绝大多数食品，并支持现有针对食品公司因不良健康后果而提起的诉讼。
The definition that health officials pushed for: Processed food should be considered ultraprocessed if it contains ingredients such as artificial colors, nonnutritive sweeteners or chemical preservatives, with key exemptions, according to people familiar with the matter and a document viewed by The Wall Street Journal. White House staffers were concerned that definition could cover the vast majority of food in U.S. grocery stores and support existing efforts to sue food companies over bad health outcomes.