Delaware Schools Could Soon Say Goodbye to Red Dye 40

Delaware Schools Could Soon Say Goodbye to Red Dye 40

Many popular snacks and beverages containing Red Dye 40 may soon be off the menu in Delaware schools.

What foods would disappear if Mexico banned synthetic food dyes?

Food policy in the U.S. is about to get a colorful shakeup: Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced a plan to eliminate eight synthetic, petroleum-based food dyes from the U.S. food supply by the end of 2026. This follows the FDA’s recent ban on FD&C Red No. 3, which took effect on January 15.  While these changes are happening in the U.S., it got me thinking: If Mexico were to follow suit, how would such a ban af…

RFK’s bold move to scrap food colorings - Washington Examiner

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary’s move to eliminate petroleum-based food dyes from our food and medical supply chains is good news for public health. This decisive action addresses a long-standing issue that has concerned parents and healthcare professionals for decades. Kennedy is putting families’ health before industry greed. For years, these synthetic dy…

FDA Announces New Review Process for Food Chemicals Already on the Market

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on May 15 that it is launching “a stronger, most systematic review process for food chemicals already on the market.” Since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took office as secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) in February, removing harmful ingredients from the American food supply has emerged as a key initiative in his Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) platform. “No parent should ever worry about what…

What Kennedy Gets Right About the Chemicals in Our Food

The health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., believes toxic chemicals in food are behind the U.S. explosion in rates of obesity and a range of other chronic illnesses. “A facade of normalcy has masked this meteoric rise in chronic disease, and we can no longer ignore it,” he said recently. He intends to rid the U.S. food supply of nine chemicals — all petroleum-based, synthetic food dyes — in as soon as 18 months. Mr. Kennedy has deservedly earn…

To curb chronic disease in Americans, the FDA needs to regulate toxic chemicals in our food.

Editor's note: This op-ed was written by Frederick vom Saal and 15 co-authors. The full list of co-authors, their affiliations, and their contact information is included below.As senior environmental health researchers and physicians, we are united in our concern about the escalating prevalence of chronic diseases in the United States. To stop the increase of these chronic disease epidemics, it is essential to change the U.S. Food and Drug Admin…