RFK Jr. Gives Food CEOs Ultimatum to Remove Artificial Dyes (2)

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called on top executives from Kraft Heinz Co., General Mills Inc. and other food companies to remove artificial dyes before the end of his term.

“Kennedy expects ‘real and transformative’ change by ‘getting the worst ingredients out’ of food,” according to an email sent by the Consumer Brands Association to its members, viewed by Bloomberg News, that described the meeting.

US food stocks fell on Tuesday, with many outpacing the decline of the S&P 500 Index amid a broader selloff. General Mills stock slipped as much as 3.9%, ...