** Shares of U.S. packaged food makers down after President-elect Donald Trump selected Kennedy to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
** Kennedy calls for banning hundreds of food additives and chemicals and for getting ultra-processed foods out of school lunches to reduce diet-related chronic diseases
** Shares of Kraft Heinz , Oatly , Conagra
down about 3.5% each
** General Mills , Hershey and Pepsico
shares down as much as 3%
** Coca-Cola shares also down about 1%, while Mondelez shares down by 1.6%
** YTD, KHC down ~17%, HSY and CAG down ~8%, while the S&P 500 Consumer Staples index is up 13.2%, including session moves
(Reporting by Neil J Kanatt in Bengaluru)
((Neil.JKanatt@thomsonreuters.com;))
