Fast-food chain jokes about RFK Jr. visit after ditching oil for beef tallow

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Fast-food chain Steak ‘n Shake joked on social media that President Donald Trump’s nominee for health and human services secretary paid a visit to its drive-thru after it announced a new change to its fry preparation.

The fast-food chain, which populates the Midwest and South, recently announced that all its locations will ditch vegetable oil by the end of February and instead use “100% all-natural beef tallow.” The move comes as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pushed the slogan “Make America Healthy Again” in both campaigning for Trump and warning about ultraprocessed foods.

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