Republicans have questions about the dietary guidelines

A pair of Senate Republicans prod USDA and HHS on the dietary guidelines review of alcohol and sugar. Vilsack wants WIC to be a mandatory program. That Lunchables report blows up. Plus, Nestlé rejoins the Consumer Brands Association.

A picture of USDA's my plate with a fork next to it.

The USDA MyPlate recommendations.

Happy Tuesday and welcome to Food Fix! Sending today’s newsletter from the North American Agricultural Journalists’ annual meeting in Washington, where we’ve heard from a number of top food and agriculture officials over the past couple days. It was nice to see some of you at the reception last night! 

Popular in Food Fix: The most popular link last week was this piece in The Atlantic by Eric Schlosser on food consolidation, with special attention on the infant formula market.

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