The health secretary is ratcheting up his campaign against the food industry. By Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Kim Severson Reporting from Washington Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. escalated his ...

Kennedy, Jr. announced Tuesday. The goal is to replace them with natural alternatives in the U.S. food supply. The FDA will be accelerating the review and approval of some new natural color ...

The Food and Drug Administration is asking the food industry to stop using synthetic food dyes, in a bid to fulfill one of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s goals to swap ...

“We’re creating ingredients so rapidly, we don’t have time to study them,” said Alyson Mitchell, a professor and food chemist in the UC Davis Department of Food Science and Technology. “The food ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr announced plans to remove certain artificial dyes from the U.S. food and drug supply, taking a step toward fulfilling one of his campaign promises.

Group four includes ultraprocessed foods. By Monteiro’s definition, ultraprocessed foods contain little to no whole food. Instead, they are manufactured from “chemically manipulated cheap ...

The US Food and Drug Administration plans to phase out the use of petroleum-based synthetic dyes in the US food supply due to health concerns, Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary announced Tuesday.

A new study, published in the journal PLOS Medicine, revealed that the combination of certain food additives can lead to an increased risk of dangerous health conditions, like type 2 diabetes.

By Dani Blum and Maggie Astor The Department of Health and Human Services announced this week that it would work to remove some artificial dyes from the U.S. food supply, citing concerns about how ...

A company that makes baby food sold under a Target store brand is recalling more than 25,000 packages of a product because the food may contain elevated levels of lead. Miami-based Fruselva issued ...

Your appetite for reducing food waste just might be tied to your risk tolerance. Moldy cheese. Old yogurt. That pot of soup you left on the counter overnight. No one enjoys wasting food.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be delivering on a campaign promise to ban artificial food dyes by announcing the phasing out of eight petroleum-based synthetic dyes in the nation’s ...