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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “We removed petroleum based dyes from our food supply.”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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Published | Video Starts at 10:54

In just 15 short months, we released updated dietary guidelines with one clear message. Eat real food. These are science based guidelines instead of politicized science as they were for the past 40 years. We removed petroleum based dyes from our food supply. We are revising the GRAS standards to ensure that FDA for the first time knows what chemicals are in our food. When I came in, I asked the FDA how many chemicals are in our food? (10:54–10:58)

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