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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign to eliminate synthetic food dyes from the American food supply is facing ...
National Confectioners Association questions focus on synthetic dyes as MARS reverses its 2016 commitment, despite other ...
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pushing to eliminate synthetic food dyes, but Mars refuses to remove them from its ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants synthetic dyes out of the nation’s food supply, but not every brand is ready to let go.
Kennedy Jr. has spent a lot of his time as health secretary on the road. Late last month, he spoke at an event in Baton Rouge ...
The health secretary has used peer pressure to persuade food makers to nix synthetic dyes. The candy industry is holding out, ...
From Adderall to M&Ms, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s health policies keep running counter to president Donald Trump's preferences.
Food giants like Kraft Heinz and PepsiCo pledge to eliminate synthetic dyes by 2027 under Health Secretary RFK Jr.’s ...
PHOTO: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a news conference in Washington, April 22, 2025. (Jose Luis Magana/AP) What are synthetic dyes and where are they found?
The Trump administration announced its intention to phase out synthetic dyes used to enhance color in common foods like candy and cereals. At a press conference Tuesday, Health and Human Services ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s health department announced plans to phase out petroleum-based synthetic dyes from the nation’s food supply in a bid to ramp up pressure on an industry he has often ...
Thomas Galligan, principal scientist at CSPI said he had hoped the FDA's Tuesday announcement would be a ban on synthetic dyes, not a voluntary agreement to get the food industry to cooperate.