Rep. Vicky Hartzler, R-Mo., and 70 House colleagues are urging Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell to make sure the final Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) are based on sound nutritional science and stick within the bounds of the charter authorized by Congress. In a letter to cabinet officials, the lawmakers said they are responding to the report produced by the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee that Vilsack and Burwell will refer to when writing the final guidelines. They said the report “exceeds the scope of its charge by straying from purely nutritional evidence and venturing into areas like sustainability and tax policy.” Read more at Agri-Pulse…
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