Secretaries Kennedy and Rollins Announce the Dairy Industry Pledge to Remove Food Dyes, Jul. 18, 2025
July 18, 2025 · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · 0:01:47
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What happened
HHS published Secretaries Kennedy and Rollins’s announcement of the dairy industry pledge to remove food dyes on July 18, 2025. In the statement carried in HHS’s description, Kennedy says: ‘I applaud the International Dairy Foods Association for stepping up to eliminate certified artificial colors. The American people have made it clear—they want real food, not chemicals. Together with Secretary Rollins and Dr. Makary, we’re holding the food industry accountable and driving a nationwide effort to Make America Healthy Again.’
Why it matters
The dairy pledge is an industry-commitment milestone in Kennedy’s food-dye removal campaign, pursued jointly with Agriculture Secretary Rollins and FDA Commissioner Makary.
Scoreboard watch
The International Dairy Foods Association pledge to eliminate certified artificial colors, as announced here, is recorded as stated, for the scoreboard’s Health record.
Sources: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, ‘Secretaries Kennedy and Rollins Announce the Dairy Industry Pledge to Remove Food Dyes’ (HHS upload, embedded above).
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