Healthcare · 2025-04-29
The administration had already banned eight major artificial food dyes
Misleading
Trump described HHS as having banned eight major artificial food dyes.
What the evidence shows
At the time, the administration had announced a plan to seek phaseouts and other actions; a blanket completed ban on eight dyes had not occurred.
What happened next
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Assessment notes
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