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FDA Commissioner: ‘We want to focus on food’
THE HILL – As part of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary says one of the agency’s top targets is eliminating artificial food dyes by the end of 2026.
Makary, a surgical oncologist tapped by President Trump to serve as the the 27th FDA chief, joined NewsNation on Thursday to discuss his first 100 days in the post.
He said the agenda to phase out synthetic food dyes from the U.S. food supply is due to a suspected link that the dyes can cause and/or exacerbate health issues and disorders like Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
“There’s 1,000 chemicals in the U.S. food supply that are not in the food supply of Europe, and so we’re doing an inventory of all of them, and these petroleum-based food dyes, that is artificial food dyes, have been implicated in Attention Deficit Disorder [ADD], and other problems in the health of children,” Makary said.
“So, we’re saying we want to see natural ingredients,” he added. “We want to see people eat less ultra-processed foods.”
A 2022 report from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) looked into the association of blue food coloring with ADHD.
The review ultimately said the cause of the disorder was unknown, and found no direct link between it and artificial food dyes — though some findings showed exacerbated symptoms …
