14-05-2025
Why RFK Jr.'s Food Dye ‘Ban' Is Unlikely to Work
Hi, it's Anna in Virginia. When I started to hear rumblings that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would phase out use of artificial food dyes, I thought, 'Wow, he's really going to do it.' But when the big announcement came, that's not what happened. I'll explain, but first ...
Despite what some media outlets (not Bloomberg!) reported about artificial colors being banned from US food, what officials announced on April 22 was far less impactful. They essentially asked the food industry to, pretty please, stop using synthetic colors by the end of 2026.
