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After walking the stage with diploma in hand, she turned her focus to an even greater mission—saving her father’s life. With a selfless act, she gave him the ultimate gift: a second chance at the future they almost lost.

Two additional food companies said they would eliminate artificial colors from their products. “Glad to see more companies like @Nestle and @ConagraBrands taking action to remove artificial dyes from their foods. I urge other companies to step up and help us Make America Healthy Again,” Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said. Glad to see more companies like @Nestle and @ConagraBrands taking action to remove artificial dyes from their foods. I urge other companies to step up and help us Make America Healthy Again. pic.twitter.com/Kko7MucnP6 — Secretary Kennedy (@SecKennedy) June 25, 2025 CBS News reports: It’s the latest big food company making that pledge. Last week, Kraft Heinz and General Mills said they would remove artificial dyes from their U.S. products by 2027. General Mills also said it plans to remove artificial dyes from its U.S. cereals and from all foods served in K-12 schools by the middle of 2026. The move has broad support. About two-thirds of Americans favor restricting or reformulating processed foods to remove ingredients like added sugar or dyes, according to an AP-NORC poll. Both California and West Virginia have recently banned artificial dyes in foods served in schools. On Sunday, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas signed a bill requiring foods made with artificial dyes or additives to contain a new safety label starting in 2027. The label would say they contain ingredients “not recommended for human consumption” in Australia, Canada, the European Union or the U.K. The federal government is also stepping up its scrutiny of artificial colors. In January, days before President Trump took office, U.S. regulators banned the dye called Red 3 from the nation’s food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of its potential cancer risk. “Nestle will remove all petroleum-based food dyes over the next 12 months! We went bold and many great food manufacturers have responded. Thank you Nestle for your strong leadership!” Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary said. Nestle will remove all petroleum-based food dyes over the next 12 months! We went bold and many great food manufacturers have responded. Thank you Nestle for your strong leadership! https://t.co/onqqP2JZEZ — Dr. Marty Makary (@DrMakaryFDA) June 25, 2025 Conagra Brands, the food and snacking brands company behind Slim Jim and Swiss Miss hot chocolate, will remove certified food, drug and cosmetic colors from its U.S. frozen product portfolio by the end of 2025 https://t.co/KpsVaHo945 — The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) June 25, 2025 Per Food Business News: Nestle USA products that still contain synthetic colors include Nesquik banana strawberry low-fat ready-to-drink milk (Red No. 3) and Nesquik strawberry syrup (Red No. 40). Chicago-based Conagra Brands plans to remove FD&C colors from its US frozen food product portfolio by the end of 2025 and to discontinue the use of FD&C colors in the manufacturing across its US retail portfolio by the end of 2027. The company also will not offer products with FD&C colors to kindergarten-to-12th grade schools by the beginning of the 2026-27 school year. “Conagra Brands is known for innovating delicious, on-trend foods, and our transition away from FD&C colors is just one aspect of our broader strategy to modernize our portfolio to align with consumer preferences,” said Tom McGough, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Conagra Brands. “Our leading portfolio of frozen brands, including Birds Eye, Healthy Choice, Marie Callender’s and more, will be 100% free from FD&C colors by the end of 2025.” Conagra products that still contain artificial colors include Duncan Hines strawberries and cream frosting (Red No. 40 lake and Yellow No. 5), Duncan Hines Dolly Parton’s strawberry flavored cake mix (Red No. 40 lake) and Duncan Hines Cinnabon bakery-inspired muffin kit (Yellow No. 5 lake.) The US Food and Drug Administration on April 22 announced it intends to phase out all petroleum-based synthetic dyes from the nation’s food supply by the end of 2026.

The U.S. Treasury Department prohibited certain transactions with multiple Mexican-based financial institutions under the Fentanyl Sanctions Act and FEND Off Fentanyl Act. “Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued orders identifying three Mexico-based financial institutions—CIBanco S.A., Institution de Banca Multiple (CIBanco), Intercam Banco S.A., Institución de Banca Multiple (Intercam), and Vector Casa de Bolsa, S.A. de C.V. (Vector)—as being of primary money laundering concern in connection with illicit opioid trafficking, and prohibit, respectively, certain transmittals of funds involving CIBanco, Intercam, and Vector,” the Treasury Department stated. “These orders are the first actions by FinCEN pursuant to the Fentanyl Sanctions Act and the FEND Off Fentanyl Act, which provide Treasury with additional authorities to target money laundering associated with the trafficking of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, including by cartels,” it added. Treasury sanctions 3 banks over alleged cartel money laundering https://t.co/PjidgzFGjO — John Solomon (@jsolomonReports) June 26, 2025 From the U.S. Department of Treasury: CIBanco and Intercam, commercial banks with over $7 and $4 billion in total assets, respectively, and Vector, a brokerage firm managing nearly $11 billion in assets, have collectively played a longstanding and vital role in laundering millions of dollars on behalf of Mexico-based cartels and facilitating payments for the procurement of precursor chemicals needed to produce fentanyl. “Financial facilitators like CIBanco, Intercam, and Vector are enabling the poisoning of countless Americans by moving money on behalf of cartels, making them vital cogs in the fentanyl supply chain,” said Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent. “Through the first use of this powerful authority, today’s actions affirm Treasury’s commitment to using all tools at our disposal to counter the threat posed by criminal and terrorist organizations trafficking fentanyl and other narcotics.” These actions were taken within the broad context of the strong U.S.-Mexico inter-governmental relationship, the hallmarks of which include close collaboration and timely information exchange. Both the United States and Mexico are committed to financial systems with strong anti-money laundering/countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) controls that effectively protect their citizens from the transnational illicit finance threats of cartels trafficking fentanyl and other drugs. Today the U.S. Treasury prohibited certain transactions with Mexico-based financial institutions CIBanco, Intercam Banco and Vector Casa de Bolsa as part of its new fentanyl sanctions authorities. The 3 are accused of money laundering by the Fentanyl Sanctions Act. pic.twitter.com/gesPkO4Svx — Armando Guzman (@Armandoreporta) June 25, 2025 Per Reuters: Experts said the move, although targeting relatively small institutions, could have significant impact on Mexico’s financial system given the interconnectedness between banks and the close business relationship with the United States. Although sanctions against individuals and companies for links to Mexican organized crime groups are fairly frequent, measures against financial institutions are far less common. The sanctions also add another potential obstacle to easing U.S.-Mexico trade tensions over U.S. President Donald Trump’s 25% punitive tariffs on many imports from Mexico, which are aimed at spurring action to halt the flow of fentanyl into the U.S. Mexico’s Finance Ministry said in a statement that it was notified of the FinCEN investigation and asked the Treasury for evidence of illicit activity links to CIBanco, Intercam and Vector, but received no “conclusive information.”

After walking the stage with diploma in hand, she turned her focus to an even greater mission—saving her father’s life. With a selfless act, she gave him the ultimate gift: a second chance at the future they almost lost.

After walking the stage with diploma in hand, she turned her focus to an even greater mission—saving her father’s life. With a selfless act, she gave him the ultimate gift: a second chance at the future they almost lost.

After walking the stage with diploma in hand, she turned her focus to an even greater mission—saving her father’s life. With a selfless act, she gave him the ultimate gift: a second chance at the future they almost lost.