I have my serious doubts about this measure! Synthetic food coloring has been blamed for all sorts of things for several decades! How much of this is medieval superstition?
What will be used as substitutes? Natural food colors? How natural and how healthy? What is the environmental impact?
Notice also the alarmism and hysteria combined with this announcement, i.e. the claimed negative effects on children. RFK Jr. is cited as “These poisonous compounds offer no nutritional benefit and pose real, measurable dangers to our children’s health and development. That era is coming to an end. ..."
Apparently, RFK Jr. did not have the patience to wait for more research results! "Partnering with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct comprehensive research on how food additives impact children’s health and development."
According to Google search no other Western country has banned so many synthetic food dyes. Most Western countries have banned only one or two such dyes.
"... Authorizing four new natural color additives in the coming weeks, while also accelerating the review and approval of others. ..."
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