RFK Jr calls sugar ‘poison’ but says government probably can’t eliminate it

US health secretary says Americans should eat zero' sugar and announces plans to eliminate eight synthetic food dyes

The US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr on Tuesday called sugar poison" and recommended that Americans eat zero" added sugar in their food, while acknowledging that the federal government was unlikely to be able to eliminate it from products.

Kennedy, however, said that better labeling was needed for foods and that new government guidelines on nutrition would recommend people avoid sugar completely.