HHS Sec. RFK Jr.: We Want Dyes Out of Food, Science on the Dyes Is Overwhelming

EARHARDT The food dyes ░░░░░░░░ are potentially harmful to ░░░░░░░░ We have a list ░░░░░░░░ some of those It ░░░░░░░░ the red 40 yellow ░░░░░░░░ yellow 6 and blue ░░░░░░░░ You also we saw ░░░░░░░░ in the steak and ░░░░░░░░ with Sean Hannity talking ░░░░░░░░ companies that are turning ░░░░░░░░ from the seed oils ░░░░░░░░ s Popeyes Buffalo Wild ░░░░░░░░ Steak N Shake True ░░░░░░░░ Kitchen HopDoddy and Walrus ░░░░░░░░ So hats off to ░░░░░░░░ restaurants You had a ░░░░░░░░ table discussion with the ░░░░░░░░ of our food industry ░░░░░░░░ Kraft Heinz General Mills ░░░░░░░░ Kellogg s Smucker s ░░░░░░░░ PepsiCo just to name ░░░░░░░░ few What are they ░░░░░░░░ How are they adapting ░░░░░░░░ foods so that they ░░░░░░░░ healthier RFK Jr Well ░░░░░░░░ re all struggling to ░░░░░░░░ it according to what ░░░░░░░░ told us We told ░░░░░░░░ that we wanted the ░░░░░░░░ out of the food ░░░░░░░░ science on the dyes ░░░░░░░░ so overwhelming They re ░░░░░░░░ products now in this ░░░░░░░░ that have the dyes ░░░░░░░░ them like Froot Loops ░░░░░░░░ example And you buy ░░░░░░░░ same product in Canada ░░░░░░░░ it doesn t have ░░░░░░░░ dyes You buy the ░░░░░░░░ product in Europe and ░░░░░░░░ doesn t have the ░░░░░░░░ So there are a ░░░░░░░░ of ingredients And one ░░░░░░░░ the things that we ░░░░░░░░ doing is we ve ░░░░░░░░ a review of the ░░░░░░░░ standards and we re ░░░░░░░░ to get rid of ░░░░░░░░ GRAS standards for most ░░░░░░░░ The GRAS standards is ░░░░░░░░ standard that was adopted ░░░░░░░░ 1958 It was adopted ░░░░░░░░ when FDA was created ░░░░░░░░ regulate food there were ░░░░░░░░ that were generally recognized ░░░░░░░░ safe GRAS generally recognized ░░░░░░░░ safe like flour like ░░░░░░░░ like eggs And they ░░░░░░░░ t want to make ░░░░░░░░ test those products so ░░░░░░░░ created that designation But ░░░░░░░░ designation was expanded by ░░░░░░░░ industry and began taking ░░░░░░░░ of it so that ░░░░░░░░ new chemical that they ░░░░░░░░ to add to our ░░░░░░░░ is generally recognized as ░░░░░░░░ and gets no review ░░░░░░░░ s why we have ░░░░░░░░ 000 ingredients in our ░░░░░░░░ in this country In ░░░░░░░░ they only have 400 ░░░░░░░░ we have the worst ░░░░░░░░ disease burden of any ░░░░░░░░ in the world So ░░░░░░░░ are going to get ░░░░░░░░ of the GRAS standards ░░░░░░░░ new products We re ░░░░░░░░ to go back and ░░░░░░░░ all of these old ░░░░░░░░ to make sure that ░░░░░░░░ are safe And we ░░░░░░░░ going to encourage these ░░░░░░░░ to get rid of ░░░░░░░░ as quickly as possible ░░░░░░░░ Instead of generally can ░░░░░░░░ change it to completely ░░░░░░░░ don t want generally ░░░░░░░░ I want like completely ░░░░░░░░ right RFK Jr Exactly ░░░░░░░░ s what we should ░░░░░░░░ mean in this country ░░░░░░░░ ingredients are innocent until ░░░░░░░░ guilty In Europe and ░░░░░░░░ countries they have to ░░░░░░░░ themselves safe before you ░░░░░░░░ them And we ought ░░░░░░░░ have that kind of ░░░░░░░░ for American citizens KILMEADE ░░░░░░░░ yeah bring the hammer ░░░░░░░░ because they re going ░░░░░░░░ try to wait you ░░░░░░░░ Mr Secretary So be ░░░░░░░░ Jones Thank you sir ░░░░░░░░ Thank you KILMEADE Thank ░░░░░░░░ so much RFK Jr ░░░░░░░░ re going to move ░░░░░░░░ fast.”