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Employees at the nation's consumer financial watchdog say it's become toothless under Trump
Once a powerful watchdog for financial wrongdoing, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has seen its enforcement efforts ...
FDA approves new blue food dye derived from gardenia fruit
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a new blue color additive derived from the fruit of the gardenia, a flowering evergreen. The color is approved for use in sports drinks, ...
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FDA approves another naturally-derived color additive
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved gardenia (genipin) blue color for use in certain foods and beverages, making it the fourth color derived from natur ...
US ice cream makers say they'll stop using artificial dyes by 2028
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has criticized the dyes and pressured manufacturers to remove them from foods.
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Layoffs Formally Resume At HHS As Agency Undergoes Restructuring
Almost all employees who had received a layoff email on April 1 have now been officially severed from the agency, an HHS spokesperson says. Other administration news includes the gutting of the ...
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FDA approves another naturally-derived color
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved gardenia (genipin) blue color for use in certain foods and beverages, making it the fourth color derived from natur ...
The FDA Just Approved Another Natural Food Dye for Use in Several Common Snacks and Drinks
According to today's announcement from the FDA, an estimated 40% of the food industry has committed to voluntarily phasing ...
RFK Jr. and ice cream makers say they're churning up healthier ice cream
The announcement to eliminate artificial dyes comes less than a week before the National Ice Cream Day on July 20.
FDA approves gardenia blue for foods as ice cream industry may move to drop artificial dyes
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted use the color gardenia (genipin) blue in various foods. Additionally, ice ...
Dozens of U.S. ice cream makers pledge to eliminate artificial colors
Dozens of U.S. ice cream manufacturers are pledging to eliminate the use of artificial food colors from their ice cream ...
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FDA gives OK for another natural dye
The FDA has approved another natural dye for use in foods, continuing its war on artificial, petroleum-based food colorings. The new color is gardinea ...
FDA accepts MAHA-approved natural gardenia blue food dye
The Gardenia Blue Interest Group, which petitioned the government to approve the dye, has asked the FDA to make an exemption for the dye from being labeled as an allergen due to the soy protein. Soy ...