Wednesday, 30 April 2025

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. To Hold Press Conference Announcing Artificial Food Dye Ban

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Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will hold a press conference on Tuesday to announce a ban on artificial food dyes.

RFK Jr. intends to phase out eight artificial food dyes from the American food supply within two years.

ABC News reports:

Tuesday’s announcement will target artificial dyes that are used in cereal, ice cream, snacks, yogurts and more.

Former President Joe Biden’s administration in January started the process to ban one artificial dye, Red No. 3, which will need to be removed from food by January 2027 and from medications by 2028 because it was shown to cause cancer in rats.

Kennedy will now seek to remove the eight other petroleum-based dyes approved by the FDA.

The secretary is expected on Tuesday to announce the approval of additional natural dyes, a person familiar with the plans told ABC News.

It is not yet clear what enforcement mechanism Kennedy will seek to implement the new changes.

The two-year timeline Kennedy is expected to announce comes after he told food industry leaders at a meeting last month that he wanted their companies to remove artificial dyes from their products by the end of his four-year term, according to a memo describing the meeting, which was obtained by ABC News.

Per Daily Mail:

There are at least seven dyes that fall into this category: Blue 1, Blue 2, Green 3, Red 3, Red 40, Yellow 5 and Yellow 6.

Used in the American food supply for decades to give treats an appealing hue, in recent years concerns have been raised over their health effects – including studies suggesting they can cause hyperactivity, cancer and other ailments.

European countries have already banned them or heavily restricted their use, requiring warning labels disclosing the health risks.

But American regulators have said there is not enough evidence that the dyes cause health issues.

The new HHS Secretary vowed on the campaign trail to remove the dyes from America’s food supply, tapping into concerns about harmful ingredients and their potential link to the US’ chronic illness epidemic.


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