RFK Jr. calls artificial food dyes ‘poisonous.’ Here’s how they’re regulated in Canada – CBC

U.S. FDA this week announced plans to phase out 8 artificial food dyes

Apr 23, 2025

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants to phase out some food dyes.

While some of that effort predated the second Trump administration — like banning red dye No. 3 from foods in January — U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Tuesday a list of eight artificial dyes to be eliminated from food and medications by the end of 2026.

Kennedy, who has long criticized artificial food dyes, called them “poisonous compounds.”

Some of his views, including on vaccines and autism, promote ideas that have been widely debunked and criticized as harmful.

This is a bit more nuanced though. Here is a fact check.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/food-dye-1.7516794