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Deadline looms for comments on regulation regarding food dye

The revocation of the use of Citrus Red No. 2 by the FDA will have virtually no impact because industry abandoned the use of the substance several years ago.

By Coral Beach

/ 18 Aug 2026

Deadline looms for comments on regulation regarding food dye

The Sunday Edition: RFK Jr.

Two years ago, RFK Jr. found a home in the second Trump administration as Secretary for Health and Human Services.

By Dan Flynn

/ 16 Aug 2026

Health department announces plans for GRAS substances and ultra-processed foods

Consumer groups say the measures fall short

By Coral Beach

/ 12 Aug 2026

Health department announces plans for GRAS substances and ultra-processed foods

Publisher's Platform: The Fifty-State Cyclospora count is 20,927 this morning. The President has said one thing about it. The Secretary says it is under control. Here is what they should have said instead.

Ohio released new numbers today — 4,013 cases in 80 counties, up from 2,576 a week ago. Add the states up, one by one, all fifty of them, and the floor under this outbreak this morning is 20,927 people.

By Bill Marler

/ 31 Jul 2026

Publisher's Platform: The Fifty-State Cyclospora count is 20,927 this morning. The President has said one thing about it. The Secretary says it is under control. Here is what they should have said instead.

Beef or plant? The great oil debate

Animal fats can store contaminants like pesticides or antibiotics.

By Cookson Beecher

/ 9 Jul 2026

Little voluntary movement by companies to remove artificial food dyes spurs action by Consumer Reports

A year after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. encouraged food companies to voluntarily phase out their use of synthetic dyes, little action has been taken. According

By Coral Beach

/ 23 Apr 2026

Little voluntary movement by companies to remove artificial food dyes spurs action by Consumer Reports

FDA gives companies new way to label foods with dyes

The FDA is taking steps to have companies more clearly label products that have artificial, petroleum-based food dyes. In April 2025, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy

By Coral Beach

/ 6 Feb 2026

FDA gives companies new way to label foods with dyes

Judge grants industry request to stall ban on food dyes

A federal judge in West Virginia has temporarily blocked the state’s ban on artificial dyes in foods before it can take effect, granting a request from an industry group.

By Coral Beach

/ 20 Jan 2026

Judge grants industry request to stall ban on food dyes

New dietary guidelines published

The 2025 dietary guidelines have just been published and they include a bigger focus on including red meat and fat in the foods Americans eat. The guidelines, which will be

By Coral Beach

/ 8 Jan 2026

Dietary guidelines due out in 2025 still in the works

The guidelines for Americans’ food that were promised in summer of 2025 are still in the works. The 2025-2030 version of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans have been delayed

By Coral Beach

/ 6 Jan 2026