DC’s top seed oil lobbyist is a man named Devin Mogler, the president and CEO of the National Oilseed Processors Association. This tends not to be a hot-button role, running a small trade group that represents US producers of canola, soy, safflower, sunflower, and flax oils. But Mogler started his job in January, right before Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as health secretary.

Kennedy has accused seed oils, the subcategory of vegetable oils made from plant seeds, of poisoning Americans , claiming that they’re driving the obesity epidemic, causing inflammation, and contributing to chronic disease. Research suggests that seed oils are fine—good, even, given that they’re lower in saturated fats than animal-based options like butter, tallow, or lard. Nonetheless, flanked by an

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