Op-Ed
May 16, 2025
RFK Is Right—Food Additive Transparency Can Make America Healthy Again
In a decisive move to protect public health, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is phasing out several petroleum-based food dyes from American foods. Kennedy should build on this measure by also closing a longstanding loophole that allows food companies to quietly flood grocery stores with hundreds of unregulated additives.