The Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Trump administration plan to order the manufacturers to cut the potentially harmful artificial dyes used in hundreds of food products, federal officials said Monday.
Human health and services and food and medicines administration will announce the phase of petroleum synthetic dyes on Tuesday in a “great step forward in the administration’s effort to make the United States feel healthy,” the agencies said.
The shaking occurs after a common use dye known as Red 3 was prohibited from the food supply of the Nation in January under the Biden administration, the FDA said the studies found cancer in laboratory rats. The prohibition is expected to begin in 2027.
Kennedy applauded the prohibition at the time it was announced and promised to concentrate on the eight additional food dyes that still allowed colorful cereals, drinks and sweets.
“They called me a conspiracy theorist because I said the red dye caused cancer,” said Kennedy, 71, his confirmation audience. “Now, the FDA has recognized it and prohibited it.”
Kennedy also all senior executives from large food manufacturing companies in March that would focus on getting rid of artificial food dyes, the New York Times reported last month.
Some studies indicate that artificial colors could be linked to behavioral problems in some children, including hyperactivity and impulsivity, especially for children at risk of attention deficit disorder.
Although food dyes in the cutting block are widely used in the United States, the European Union and other countries, such as Australia and Japan, have banned or restricted the use of certain food dyes, citing health problems.
The states of Ruby-Rred West Virginia to California Liberal also have an action of tasks against artificial food dyes with the mountain state that prohibits seven dyes last month.
The changes come without setback.
The National Confections Association, which represents sweets and rubber sellers, has argued that the new rules would increase the prices of the grocers while the selection is crushed in supermarkets.
The Vice President of Food Security and Quality Guarantee in Sysco Corp., the world’s largest food services distributor, argued that policies must be backed by science and “constantly apply in all geographies.”
“We should go to a fragmented approach when it comes to food security, because it is a lack of trust and confidence with consumers,” Charles Leftwich told The Associated Press in March.
With publication cables
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