Five months after taking over the federal agency responsible for the health of all Americans, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to ...

RFK Jr.'s plan to phase out synthetic food dyes could face industry pushback By Carmel Wroth and Yuki Noguchi Apr 22, 2025 9:17pm (Morning Edition / NPR) ...

Kennedy Jr. has spent a lot of his time as health secretary on the road. Late last month, he spoke at an event in Baton Rouge ...

Food giants like Kraft Heinz and PepsiCo pledge to eliminate synthetic dyes by 2027 under Health Secretary RFK Jr.’s ...

The announcement to eliminate artificial dyes comes less than a week before the National Ice Cream Day on July 20.

On social media and talk shows, Kennedy repeatedly hammers the food industry, claiming it is “mass poisoning” the American public.

Whatever RFK, Jr.’s future may be as a government regulator, he deserves credit for elevating our nation’s health crisis and the food industry’s role in it in the public consciousness.

National Confectioners Association questions focus on synthetic dyes as MARS reverses its 2016 commitment, despite other ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. blames ultra-processed foods for driving the obesity epidemic and contributing to a wide array of health problems from cancer to fatty liver disease. He has said corporate ...

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 ...