For how we live.
The agency revoked Orange B and proposed dropping Citrus Red No. 2 because neither has been used in decades. It said the safety of synthetic colours is outside the scope of these orders.
For decades a manufacturer could add a new ingredient and privately decide it was generally recognized as safe without telling the FDA. A proposed rule would end that loophole.
Large taxed beverage sales fell 24 to 31 percent under the tax. In the period after repeal they remained 13 to 24 percent below pre-tax levels — and prices stayed elevated too.
Three papers published on 18 November argue the harm is not one ingredient but the replacement of whole-food diets. The evidence they assemble is strongest for diet quality and weakest where causation is hardest.
The proposed Nutrition Info box would rate saturated fat, sodium and added sugars on the front of most packaged foods. The strongest real-world evidence is for blunter warning labels.