Dairy industry pledges to remove artificial colors in school meals

Bygones: Wisconsin eyed ban on margarine in 1925

News-Tribune, April 23, 1925 The Wisconsin State Assembly Agriculture Committee recommended the passage of a bill prohibiting the manufacture or sale of oleomargarine in the state. Southern states have boycotted evaporated milk and other Wisconsin products as a result of the threatened ban on butter substitutes, some of which contain cottonseed oil. News-Tribune, April 23, 1955 Ideal smelting conditions greeted several thousand enthusiasts at th…

Dairy Industry Says It Will Remove Artificial Dyes From Food Sold to Schools

Dairy companies have vowed to remove certified artificial dyes from products sold to schools under a new voluntary pledge unveiled by the International Dairy Foods Association on April 22. The pledge, signed by numerous companies, says that businesses selling food to schools for national school lunch and breakfast programs will stop adding artificial dyes to the products by July 2026, or the start of the 2026-2027 school year. The commitment wil…

Dairy industry pledges to remove artificial colors in school meals

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) - The use of some artificial dyes in dairy products might soon be phased out. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced and supported the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) announcement on the IDFA Healthy Dairy in Schools Commitment, a "voluntary, proactive pledge" to eliminate certain food dyes from dairy products. Officials say, specifically, the dyes that were eliminated include Red 3, Red 40, Gre…

Dairy industry to remove artificial colors from food sold to K-12 schools

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins expressed gratitude to IDFA and the dairy industry for their leadership. Rollins says that she looks forward to seeing how other industries might follow suit.

Secretary Rollins Statement on Dairy Industry Voluntarily Removing Artificial Colors from National School Lunch Program

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins applauded the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) announcement on the IDFA Healthy Dairy in Schools Commitment, a voluntary, proactive pledge to eliminate Red 3, Red 40, Green 3, Blue 1,…

Whole, skim or soy? The congressional battle over milk in school lunches - The Hechinger Report

This story was produced by Grist and reprinted with permission.In 2010, United States lawmakers passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which aimed to tackle both childhood obesity and hunger by making school meals more nutritious. Two years later, the Department of Agriculture updated its guidance for schools participating in the National School Lunch Program, or NSLP, in accordance with the law. Whereas schools could previously serve fat-fre…