Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign to eliminate synthetic food dyes from the American food supply is facing stiff resistance from one of the country’s most iconic candy makers —

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pushing to eliminate synthetic food dyes, but Mars refuses to remove them from its candies like M&M’s and Skittles, according to Benzinga. Mars says it will keep using synthetic dyes in its candies,

National Confectioners Association questions focus on synthetic dyes as MARS reverses its 2016 commitment, despite other companies joining Kennedy's initiative