US to ban artificial food dyes by end of 2026

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Tuesday the government will phase out all artificial dyes from the food supply by the end of next year — a swift timeline that could meet resistance from the powerful food industry.

Under the plan, the Food and Drug Administration will give the food industry roughly two years to transition from petroleum-based synthetic dyes to natural alternatives.

"For companies that are currently using petroleum-based red dye, try watermelon juice or beet juice," FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said at a news briefing. "For companies currently combining petroleum-based yellow chemical and red dyes together, try carrot juice."

Makary said the FDA will authorize four new food dyes it says are derived from natural sources in the coming weeks.

The FDA has approved 36 food dyes, nine of which are artificial and made from petroleum. The others are derived from natural sources, like vegetables.

Among the nine artificial dyes is Red No. 3, which gives food and drinks a cherry color and was banned in January over concerns about possible cancer risks.

The FDA is beginning a process to revoke the approval of two of the artificial dyes — Citrus Red No. 2 and Orange B — “within the coming months,” the Department of Health and Human Services said. Citrus Red No. 2 is used to color the skin of oranges.

The FDA will also ask food companies to remove Red No. 3 from the nation’s food supply earlier than 2027 — the Biden administration’s initial deadline. (Drug companies got an additional year.)

It will work with food companies to eliminate the remaining six artificial dyes by the end of next year, it says.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/rfk-jr-announces-plans-remove-artificial-dyes-nations-food-supply-rcna202184

 

[Morphine Prince 109,926]

First good thing this administration has done. RFK Jr should focus on food quality and actually make a difference and not anti-science/anti-vaccine measures. 

[Roughhouse Dandy 13,857]

F*ck RFK jr but this is a nice development 

[Ladle Ghoulash 55,282]

Yeah, this is good, but hard to praise this when they’re simultaneously suspending food quality screening at the FDA 🪦

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Agreeing with this makes me feel like I'm standing in the middle of a Venn diagram that requires a microscope to see the overlap

[BornAsUnic0rn 2,249]

4 minutes ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

Yeah, this is good, but hard to praise this when they’re simultaneously suspending food quality screening at the FDA 🪦

I mean, they are only continuing the path of the Biden Administration, just at an accelerated pace, maybe that helps. 

[Ladle Ghoulash 55,282]

1 minute ago, BornAsUnic0rn said:

I mean, they are only continuing the path of the Biden Administration, just at an accelerated pace, maybe that helps. 

On the food dye ban?

[Economy 53,076]

45 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said:

First good thing this administration has done. RFK Jr should focus on food quality and actually make a difference and not anti-science/anti-vaccine measures. 

Yes! And i hope Canada follows

 

In Europe i can taste the difference, food tastes way less artificial. Hope they make simmilar moves on stuff like corn syrup, fructose sugars and and other chemicals

 

Deserts in portugual usual just have "sugar". Not that corn syrup crap or fructose thats even worse for you than regular cane sugar

[PartySick 174,214]

2 minutes ago, Economy said:

Yes! And i hope Canada follows

 

In Europe i can taste the difference, food tastes way less artificial. Hope they make simmilar moves on stuff like corn syrup, fructose sugars and and other chemicals

 

Deserts in portugual usual just have "sugar". Not that corn syrup crap or fructose thats even worse for you than regular cane sugar

I remember growing up we'd get a ton of literal commercials telling us how "safe and natural" high fructose corn syrup is

To this day I don't really know the truth about it but it was always weird to me lmao

OT: But will this ban finally being an end to the plague of autistic people not paying taxes?!?

[artdoll 47,185]

14 minutes ago, PartySick said:

I remember growing up we'd get a ton of literal commercials telling us how "safe and natural" high fructose corn syrup is

Also the "where's your mommy" anti-gay commercial 

[Ladle Ghoulash 55,282]

14 minutes ago, PartySick said:

I remember growing up we'd get a ton of literal commercials telling us how "safe and natural" high fructose corn syrup is

To this day I don't really know the truth about it but it was always weird to me lmao

OT: But will this ban finally being an end to the plague of autistic people not paying taxes?!?

LET THEM PLAY BASEBALL.

LET THEM WRITE POETRY.

END THE MADNESS NOW!

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Insert gif of newspaper from paparazzi music video spinning & zooming in to a picture of Donald trump on front page with headline saying “WE LOVE HIM AGAIN”

[Lord Axel 938]

Insane how they actually did something reasonable for once lol you'd think they'd make it mandatory all foods were required to have dyes 

[Anderson123 42,891]

Well finally some good news. But at the same time you wonder what is behind this or how are they going to screw us up with this.

[Flareon Voyager 379]

All this to cover up them creating a registry to track people with autism…