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That RFK Jr. food dye ban? You could be the one paying for the switch to natural alternatives, experts say.
FDA officials and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have emphasized that the phased-out banning of synthetic dyes is necessary for our ...
RFK Jr. is moving to phase out synthetic food dyes. Are they safe?
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert. F. Kennedy Jr. unveiled a plan on Tuesday to start phasing out eight synthetic ...
100 years of cereal boxes show how food dyes changed breakfast
Food policy expert and NYU professor shows off her cereal box collection while telling CNN’s Meg Tirrell why she thinks the ...
Rumor Democrats chugged artificial food dyes to protest RFK Jr. originated as satire
Some social media users shared the rumor in April 2025 without mentioning Babylon Bee, the satirical website it came from.
Petroleum-based dyes to be removed from US food, school lunches. What to know
The FDA announced it would phase out all petroleum-based synthetic dyes from the United States' food supply and medications.
100 years of cereal boxes show food dyes’ connection to US breakfast
Food policy expert and NYU professor shows off her cereal box collection while telling CNN’s Meg Tirrell why she thinks the ...
FDA stops short of synthetic food dye ban, calls on industry to stop use
The FDA's move stops short of the outright ban that had been floated for in Kennedy's "Make America Healthy Again" platform ...