On Monday, Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met with leaders of several of the largest companies in the food industry to discuss plans for making food in America healthier.
According to Fox News, the meeting included the heads of General Mills, PepsiCo, and the Consumer Brands Association. While the details of the meeting are not yet known, an anonymous source claimed that one of the topics was a possible adjustment of U.S. regulations regarding additives and dyes that are included in American food products.
Secretary Kennedy had repeatedly vowed to crack down on additives and dyes that make food less healthy in favor of improving the taste, and has voiced his support for following similar rules to the European industry. Whereas the United States allows over 3,000 additives in its food, the European Union (EU) allows only about 300. In January, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which is run by HHS, enacted a ban on red dye, also known as Red 3 or erythrosine, due to its increased risk of cancer.
“Synthetic dyes often substitute for real, nutritious ingredients, such as fruits and vegetables, and are often used to make junk foods more attractive, especially those manufactured for and marketed to children,” said the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI),a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit that promotes healthy and safe food.
Secretary Kennedy, who is considered the face of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, has also supported banning the use of seed oils, which have been linked to an increase in colon cancer.
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