As critics contend it is setting a dangerous precedent, legislation is advancing through the Illinois General Assembly that would ban certain food additives. The Illinois Food Safety Act in Senate ...

However, these dyes — made from petroleum — aren't the only additives on the block. Caramel color is in soft drinks, precooked meats, beer, chocolate-flavored products, and popular marinades like soy ...

salmon and all of its components as a food additive. The groups’ legal petition contends that the current agency review process that treats GE salmon only as a new animal drug is insufficient to ...

Americans consumed a record number of dairy products in 2023, signaling that there’s room for both traditional products and innovative offerings within the sector.

Kennedy Jr.'s "Make America Healthy Again" campaign, Arizona Republicans are supporting House Bill 2164, which seeks to prevent Arizona public schools from selling or serving foods that contain a list ...

3 can't occur in humans. The state of California banned the Red No. 3 dye and three other food additives in 2023, which gave manufacturers until 2027 to change their recipes. Then in 2024 ...

A Republican-sponsored effort wants to keep foods like Frosted Strawberry Pop-Tarts, Froot Loops and nacho cheese Doritos out of schools. Jumping off Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s "Make America Healthy ...

The unusual way the U.S. regulates ingredients is in the news and the hot seat right now, thanks to the recent ban of a food additive—red dye 3, an artificial dye linked to cancer in animals ...

Food additives and E-numbers for color additives are pictured on a back of a package showing the ingredients of Skittles, a fruit-flavored candy. Credit - Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images Walk down your ...

Food additives have been a huge topic in the U.S. for years, but really caught fire earlier this month when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a ban on red dye 3. The topic came up ...

15, 2027. Another California law bans six other synthetic food dyes – Blue 1, Blue 2, Green 3, Red 40, Yellow 5 and Yellow 6 – from being used in foods in the state’s public schools in 2028. That law ...

The FDA announced on Jan. 15 that it has amended its color additive regulations, no longer allowing the use of artificial Red No. 3 in food and ingested drugs. The removal is in response to a ...