Secretary Kennedy Visits the FDA, Apr. 14, 2025
April 14, 2025 · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · 0:01:08
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What happened
HHS published Secretary Kennedy’s visit to the Food and Drug Administration on April 14, 2025, where he toured the agency with Commissioner Makary. In the statement carried in HHS’s description, Kennedy says: ‘I visited the FDA with Commissioner Makary to see the groundbreaking work driving innovation in science and medicine. I encouraged FDA employees to reimagine their roles — to lead with courage, think boldly, and take initiative to Make America Healthy Again.’
Why it matters
The visit is an early on-camera statement of how Kennedy intended to run the FDA — the HHS agency at the center of his food-additive, drug-approval, and gold-standard-science files — through the commissioner he had installed to lead it.
Sources: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, ‘Secretary Kennedy Visits the FDA’ (HHS upload, embedded above).
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