HHS, FDA to Phase Out Petroleum-Based Synthetic Dyes in Nation’s Food Supply (2025)

Government Record · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Food and Drug Administration · April 22, 2025

The April 2025 announcement described a national initiative and voluntary work with industry to eliminate Green No. 3, Red No. 40, Yellow No. 5, Yellow No. 6, Blue No. 1, and Blue No. 2. It did not itself revoke authorization for those six dyes.

Working with industry to voluntarily eliminate six remaining synthetic dyes by the end of 2026.

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The April 2025 announcement described a national initiative and voluntary work with industry to eliminate Green No. 3, Red No. 40, Yellow No. 5, Yellow No. 6, Blue No. 1, and Blue No. 2. It did not itself revoke authorization for those six dyes. The announcement’s original target was the end of 2026. MMG-08 records FDA’s later end-of-2027 working target and the voluntary nature of company commitments.

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