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Support FDA’s additive reviews, petitions, and rulemakings to revoke or restrict high-risk dyes and accelerate approval of safer natural alternatives.
Help FDA turn the current attention on synthetic dyes into durable, enforceable national standards. This strategy supports additive reviews, petitions, and rulemakings that revoke or restrict high-risk dyes and clarify what manufacturers must do next. The goal is a predictable federal baseline that reduces the need for a patchwork of state and school rules.
Why this works
National impact; creates a single standard that manufacturers can build around.
Public Citizen is a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization founded in 1971 by Ralph Nader. It works to ensure that all citizens are represented in the halls of power by promoting public health and safety, government transparency, and corporate accountability. Public Citizen fights for campaign finance reform and ethics (it helped create the Office of Congressional Ethics:), advocates for safe pharmaceuticals and medical devices, pushes for strong consumer protections in trade deals, and litigates to enforce health, safety, and environmental laws.
Mechanism
How Public Citizen uses funding
- Identify the highest-impact FDA actions already in motion and the decision points that control timelines.
- Submit and support petitions, comments, and evidence that strengthen the administrative record for revocations or restrictions.
- Brief policymakers and agency leadership to keep prioritization and resourcing aligned with public health goals.
- Coordinate with public health advocates to sustain pressure and respond to industry arguments.
- Push for clear, usable standards and guidance so compliance is predictable for manufacturers.
- Track progress and communicate milestones so momentum is sustained through final decisions.
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