Food Reform for Effective and Sustainable Health (FRESH) Act of 2026

The "Food Reform for Effective and Sustainable Health (FRESH) Act of 2026" aims to significantly alter the process for establishing national dietary guidelines. It specifically codifies the "Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025-2030," 10th edition, which were jointly issued by the Secretaries of Agriculture and Health and Human Services on January 7, 2026.

A key provision of this bill is that these codified guidelines cannot be modified or superseded except through a specific process outlined in the amended subsection. Additionally, the Act revises the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 to require that any future proposed dietary guidelines must first be submitted to Congress. These subsequent guidelines would only be published and take effect if they receive approval by Congress through law, fundamentally changing the existing publication procedure.