Former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., now vying for a position in President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet, said Wednesday that the Food and Drug Administration’s nutrition departments ‘have to go’ because the departments are “not doing their job”. , without protecting our children.

“Why do we have Froot Loops in this country that have 18 or 19 ingredients and you go to Canada and there are two or three,” the former presidential candidate said in an interview on MSNBC, a day later that Trump was elected the 47th president.

Kellogg Website Listings more than 20 ingredients in its Canadian product. The main difference between the two seems to be the type of colorings used in the colored fruit-flavored cereals. In March, Kellogg investor Jason Karp, founder of holding company HumanCo, sent a letter to Kellogg alleges that Froot Loops in America had “harmful artificial colors,” while Froot Loops in Canada did not. He called on the company to change its American recipe.

Kennedy said that as long as it required congressional approval to eliminate government agencies, he would not push to eliminate them. He said he believed he could eliminate the “corruption” from them.

“Once they are no longer corrupt, once Americans are given good signs and allowed to make their own choices, their health will be much better,” he said.

The FDA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Trump said he would offer Kennedy a role in his administration, and on “The Joe Rogan Podcast,” Trump said he told Kennedy he could “focus on health, you can do what you want “.

Experts have warned against Kennedy’s Harmful Anti-Vaccine Rhetoric. Kennedy has no medical training.

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