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US Justice Department unit for drug and food safety cases being disbanded
A Justice Department unit that handles criminal and civil enforcement of U.S. food and drug safety laws is being disbanded as ...
FDA to undo some layoffs, after cuts to inspections and drug safety
Multiple current and laid-off FDA employees said the abrupt layoffs had resulted in delays and disruptions to the agency's ...
F.D.A. Scientists Are Reinstated at Agency Food Safety Labs
After 20 percent of the agency’s work force was cut, federal health officials have decided to bring back some experts and ...
FDA Will Phase Out Food Dyes Used In Skittles, Gatorade And Froot Loops: What To Know
Food and drink companies will have to stop using petroleum-based dyes by the end of 2026, Health and Human Services officials ...
FDA stops short of synthetic food dye ban, calls on industry to stop use
The FDA's move stops short of the outright ban that had been floated for in Kennedy's "Make America Healthy Again" platform from the campaign trail. Instead, it relies on what the Department of Health ...
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DOH alerts public to recall of Mauna Loa Dark Chocolate Covered Macadamias due to undeclared almonds and cashews
The Hawai‘i Department of Health Food and Drug Branch is alerting residents of a recall issued by Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut ...
FDA scrutiny of Novavax COVID-19 vaccine sparks uncertainty about other shots
There’s new uncertainty about updated COVID-19 shots this fall after the Trump administration’s handling of a shot from ...
RFK Jr.: Petroleum-based synthetic dyes to be removed from US food supply and medications
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it would phase out all ...
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HHS Announces Actions to Phase Out Use of Food Additives
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on April 22, 2025, announced their intent to ...
Kennedy plans to remove artificial dyes from food and drinks by end of next year
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Tuesday the government will phase out all artificial dyes from ...
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What We Know about Artificial Food Dyes and Health as RFK, Jr., Declares a U.S. Ban
This week the secretary of health and human services announced plans to remove eight more food dyes from the U.S.’s food ...
US to phase out many synthetic food dyes, Kennedy and FDA head say
They cited concerns about a possible link between consumption of the dyes and health conditions like ADHD, obesity and ...