In July, Mars pushed back on Kennedy’s initiative and refrained from joining a group of major food companies like Nestle, Kraft Heinz, General Mills and PepsiCo, who agreed to voluntarily remove synthetic dyes from their products, FOX Business reported.

The Trump administration has gone after synthetic dyes in foods as part of its ‘Make America Healthy Again’ plan

Candymakers have been viewed as the biggest holdout in the Trump administration's efforts to get companies to voluntarily strip synthetic dyes from their food.