The Trump administration is moving to ban artificial petroleum-based food dyes from the nation’s food supply, according to an announcement Monday from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary will hold a joint press conference in Washington D.C. on Tuesday to announce plans to “phase out the use of petroleum-based synthetic dyes in the nation’s food supply,” according to the announcement.

The action is part of Kennedy’s larger Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) agenda. Long opposed to what he views as toxic petroleum based artificial food dyes, Kennedy’s rhetoric and political capital have inspired lawmakers across the country to take action against artificial dyes.

The Trump administration plans to take action to remove petroleum-based artificial food dyes from the nation’s food supply.

RFK Jr. and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary will share more about the plans tomorrow.https://t.co/iV71eogCkD

— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) April 21, 2025