Executive Order 14221

Making America Healthy Again by Empowering Patients with Clear, Accurate, and Actionable Food Labeling

Signed 2025-02-25 in effect
Food SafetyPublic HealthMAHAConsumer Protection
HealthEconomy & Finance

Directs the FDA to overhaul food labeling requirements, including front-of-package warnings for added sugars, artificial dyes, and other additives.

Section by Section

What each section does, and how they differ.

Sec. 1 Purpose

First administration emphasized food transparency and safety. Prior administration abandoned commitments to transparency and proper food labeling.

Sec. 2 Policy

Federal Government shall implement radical transparency policies including accurate food labeling with actual prices, nutritional quality metrics, and ingredient sourcing.

Sec. 3 Fulfilling the Promise of Radical Transparency

Secretary of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services shall rapidly implement healthcare price transparency regulations within 90 days by requiring disclosure of actual prices not estimates, issuing guidance ensuring standardized and comparable pricing information across hospitals and health plans, and updating enforcement policies to ensure compliance with complete and meaningful data reporting.

Sec. 4 General Provisions

Standard boilerplate: preserves existing agency authority, conditions the order on appropriations, and creates no enforceable private rights.