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FDA Will Phase Out Food Dyes Used In Skittles, Gatorade And Froot Loops: What To Know
Food and drink companies will have to stop using petroleum-based dyes by the end of 2026, Health and Human Services officials ...
US to phase out many synthetic food dyes, Kennedy and FDA head say
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said on Tuesday that the agency plans to remove ...
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 ...
FDA head falsely claims no scientists laid off, as agency shutters food safety labs
The head of the Food and Drug Administration has repeatedly claimed in recent interviews that no scientists have been laid ...
FDA-Approved Drug May Cut Alcohol Cravings and Pain
Scientists at Scripps Research discover that apremilast, an FDA-approved anti-inflammatory drug, reduces both alcohol ...
The FDA Eliminates Key Staff Overseeing Food Safety
The recent termination of employees by the FDA at the Food Emergency Response Network may jeopardize America's food supply.
FDA Considers Scaling Back Inspections, Raising Questions About Food Safety
Facing staffing cuts and mounting scrutiny, the FDA is planning to further offload food inspections to states, arguing that ...
US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts
The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for its food testing laboratories as a result of ...
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9 Popular Snacks With the Artificial Food Dyes That FDA Wants to Phase Out
“For companies that are currently using petroleum-based red dye, try watermelon juice or beet juice. For companies currently ...
FDA Suspends Milk Quality Testing And Food Safety Quality Checks Due To Staff Cuts
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revealed some troubling news over the past week. Due to staff cuts, it is suspending a ...
How the FDA Helped Ignite, and Then Worsened, the Opioid Crisis
An investigation into the agency’s repeated violations of its own rules to approve addictive drugs—and its ongoing failure to ...
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FDA says it will phase out petroleum-based food dyes, authorize four natural color additives
The FDA said it is initiating a process to ... federal government to take action on the issue for years. “The Food and Drug Administration has known for decades that synthetic food dyes are ...