Food maker eliminating synthetic dyes from ingredients by end of May

The company behind Jimmy Dean and Hillshire Farm food products is making a key ingredient change amid a push from U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Tyson Foods will remove all petroleum-based synthetic dyes from its products by the end of this month.

Donnie King, president and chief executive officer of the Arkansas-based company, announced the news during an earnings call on Monday.

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