The Trump administration has announced a significant policy shift aimed at phasing out synthetic dyes commonly used in food products like candies and cereals. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. emphasized that this is a step towards enhancing the nation's food supply and tackling chronic health issues among children. The initiative, spearheaded by the FDA under Commissioner Marty Makary, involves banning specific dyes and encouraging the food industry to voluntarily eliminate others. Despite this initiative's lack of coercive mandates, it reflects a growing demand for clearer guidelines from food manufacturers in response to public health concerns.
For the last 50 years, American children have increasingly been living in a toxic soup of synthetic chemicals. Taking petroleum-based food dyes out of the food supply is not a silver bullet that will instantly make America's children healthy, but it is one important step.
We are going to get rid of the dyes and then one by one, we're going to get rid of every ingredient and additive in food that we can legally address.
They want clear guidelines in this area. A number of states have passed laws banning some food ingredients, and food companies want national leadership.
The ingredients used in America's food supply have been rigorously studied and have been demonstrated to be safe, which Melissa Hockstad noted while defending the industry's stance.
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