The hateful eight? The US Food and Drug Administration announced a plan Tuesday to phase out eight petroleum-based synthetic food dyes from America’s food supply in the coming months. “Food dye is just a no-brainer.

The FDA's move stops short of the outright ban that had been floated for in Kennedy's "Make America Healthy Again" platform from the campaign trail. Instead, it relies on what the Department of Health and Human Services said was a "national standard and timeline for the industry" to voluntarily make the switch.

The federal health department has said it will move to phase out eight artificial dyes, citing health concerns.