President Donald Trump signed an executive order Saturday to establish a task force to “remedy any anti-competitive behavior” in the U.S. food supply.
Attorney General Pam Bondi and Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson will create the Food Supply Chain Security Task Force. Trump instructed the force to “take all necessary and appropriate actions to investigate food-related industries within their established areas of expertise and determine whether anti-competitive behavior exists in food supply chains in the United States, as well as whether control of food-related industries by foreign entities is increasing the cost of food products in the United States or creating a national or economic security threat to Americans.”
After 180 days, Trump expects the task force to give its first briefing to Congress and
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