Trump Health Report Avoids Crackdowns on Food, Agriculture (1)

A highly anticipated health report from the Trump administration steered clear of new crackdowns on food and agriculture — drawing criticism from some groups that are calling for an overhaul of how pesticides are used.

The report, written by a slew of federal agencies and billed as a policy roadmap, will likely ease months of speculation and angst from corporations that were concerned about costly new policies related to processed ingredients and chemicals.

Although food and agriculture companies have been frequent targets of the administration, they’ve largely avoided the dramatic changes that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has ...