The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is relaxing rules that restrict when food companies can claim their products have no artificial colors. The agency said Thursday that labels may now claim to have “no artificial colors” when they are free of petroleum-based dyes, even when they contain dyes made from natural sources such as plants. In the past, those claims could be made only when products had no added color whatsoever. The move is another step toward the Trump administration's aim to phase out synthetic dyes from the U.S. food supply. Limited evidence suggests artificial dyes may affect kids' behavior.
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