Companies make packaged food without synthetic dyes in other countries. But despite pressure from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the change isn’t likely to happen quickly in the United States.
Category: Food
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RFK Jr. Plans to Phase Out 8 Commonly Used Food Dyes
The petroleum-based dyes are used in hundreds of thousands of items including cereals and sports drinks. The health secretary is expected to release more details on Tuesday.
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RFK Jr. Accuses FDA of Drug Industry Influence That Barred Alternative Remedies
The nation’s health secretary addressed agency employees, asking them to shed any corporate influence. But he did not address the mass layoffs that have gutted oversight of tobacco and vapes, food safety and drug reviews.
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Grocery Shoppers Will Feel the Tariffs First in Produce
Higher prices could also be coming soon for seafood, sugar and coffee. But it may be a while before importers and retailers can gauge the effects of the new fees.
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Grocery Shoppers Will Feel the Tariffs First in Produce
Higher prices could also be coming soon for seafood, sugar and coffee. But it may be a while before importers and retailers can gauge the effects of the new fees.
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FDA Layoffs Could Raise Drug Costs and Erode Food Safety
Trump cutbacks were supposedly aimed at administrators. But scientists in food and drug-testing labs and policy experts who advance generic drug approvals were also dismissed.
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Travelers Call Supermarket Tourism a Key Part of Any Trip
Lots of travelers say supermarket tourism, the experience of trying local foods or variations of well-known items, has become a key part of any trip.
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Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? To Get to Its Summer Home.
Chicken rentals are soaring as Americans look to make their egg sourcing as local as their backyard. Just don’t expect to save money.
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What to Know About Food Poisoning When Traveling
Whether you’re traveling off-the-beaten path or staying at a high-end resort, paying attention to how food is prepared and handled can help keep you safe.
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Food Safety Jeopardized by Onslaught of Funding and Staff Cuts
The Trump administration halted some food testing and shut down a committee studying bacteria in infant formula. Earlier funding cutbacks under the Biden administration now threaten state labs and inspectors.
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Japan’s Rice Shortage Sets Off Auction of Emergency Stockpile
The government held a rare auction this week to make up for a rice shortage that an official called “truly unthinkable.”
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Trump Cuts Could Squeeze Small Farmers and Food Banks
Promising a return to “fiscally responsible initiatives,” the Agriculture Department ended two Biden-era programs that paid farmers to provide food to schools and low-income families.