Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pledged to transform America’s food system, vowing to crack down on foods and ingredients he blames ...

Color additives have been used in foods for millennia. Ancient peoples used coloring from paprika, turmeric, saffron, iron, lead oxides and other sources in food, drugs, cosmetics and wine, according ...

California is banning them in schools. The FDA says they’re fine. But synthetic dyes added to food to make them more colorful have a long, troubled history.

Dozens of protesters gathered outside WK Kellogg Co.’s Michigan headquarters, demanding the company remove artificial dyes ...

"As Americans, we have greater exposure to food additives than any other country in the world ... there was a general adverse effect of artificial food coloring and benzoate preservatives on ...

Even processed-food giants are increasingly advertising ... when assessing the legality of agency action. In the case of color additive law, FDA’s departure from the plain language of the ...

These amendments include the Delaney Clause which prohibits the approval of an additive if it is shown to cause cancer in humans or animals. Before using a new food or color additive, a manufacturer ...

Processed foods are in the cross hairs of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., but battling major companies could collide with ...

Following the study, the Food Standards Agency called for a voluntary ban on ... For example, Nurofen for Children is free from colour additives. Look for ingredients on packaging, and if you can't ...

Just like the California Food Safety Act last year, which prohibits the use of four food additives, this new act comes before — perhaps years before — FDA regulation targeting these dyes.

Food additives can make foods more appealing by enhancing the flavour, colour or texture. Manufacturers may add flavour enhancers, sweeteners, colours or thickeners to a food to make it more ...