US EditionFDA Allows Another Natural Food Dye, Label Changes to Make Spotting Artificial Colors Easier
The FDA now allows foods colored with natural dyes like beetroot red to claim 'no artificial colors,' excluding synthetic petroleum-based dyes from this label, officials said.
- On Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it will allow `no artificial colors` claims when products are free of petroleum-based dyes, with changes effective immediately.
- As part of the Trump administration's push, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. urged companies to phase out synthetic dyes, with some firms already complying.
- Regulators approved beetroot red and expanded spirulina extract uses, adding to roughly three dozen natural dyes and six new food color options, while banning Red No. last year and reviewing Orange B recently.
- Consumer advocates warned that the relaxed label could mislead shoppers, as Sarah Sorscher of the Center for Science in the Public Interest noted, while the FDA website on Thursday acknowledged limited evidence of harms.
- In a letter, the FDA said it would exercise `enforcement discretion`, and companies like Kraft Heinz, General Mills, and PepsiCo promise to shift colorings in the coming years.
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