The eight remaining approved dyes include Blue No. 1, Blue No. 2, Green No. 3, Orange B, Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6 and Citrus Red − all used to give food, drinks and ingested drugs bright colors.

FDA officials and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have emphasized that the phased-out banning of synthetic dyes — which include Green No. 3, Red No. 40, Yellow No. 5 ...

David Wallace-Wells and Emily Oster argue that the effects of MAHA will be long-lasting.

Kennedy Jr. notched one of his biggest wins of the "Make America Healthy Again" movement when West Virginia became the first state in the country to ban artificial food dyes in school lunches. Since ...

The Agriculture Department introduced an updated pyramid guide in 2005 that incorporated new nutritional standards. It ...

Food manufacturers across the U.S. face hurdles as they seek to replace synthetic food dyes with natural colors based on ...

RFK Jr. Says He's Banning Food Dyes Through an 'Understanding' with Manufacturers. But There Is No Proof An expert explains how the ban is "performative" — and there was "no regulatory action" taken ...

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He notes the two dyes that will be banned, Citrus Red 2 and Orange B, are "very, very rarely used. They've essentially been abandoned by the food industry." ...

That RFK Jr. food dye ban? You could be the one paying for the switch to natural alternatives, experts say. Provided by Dow Jones Apr 25, 2025, 11:11:00 AM ...

RFK Jr. wants the food industry to stop using synthetic dyes By Carmel Wroth, Yuki Noguchi Published April 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM EDT ...