WASHINGTON – Despite repeated pledges to crack down on artificial food dyes, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. today announced that the Food and Drug Administration will ease enforcement of federal food additive rules.
The move will make it easier for food manufacturers to claim their products are free of artificial dyes.
The following is a statement from the Environmental Working Group's President and co-Founder Ken Cook:
This latest retreat on synthetic food dye regulations is another broken promise from Secretary Kennedy and President Donald Trump. They pledged outright bans on dangerous food chemical additives to their “Make America Healthy Again” base.
Instead, states are doing the hard work to protect families, while Kennedy settles for handshake deals with Big Food and chemical companies – agreements with no real accountability and no guarantee they’ll be honored.
There are more than 25 states where legislation is being considered that would ban synthetic food dyes and other food chemical additives linked to ADHD and hyperactivity in children, among other health harms.
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