Halal Certification Still Applies To US Products – Indonesia’s Cabinet Secretary JAKARTA, Feb 23 (Bernama) — The Indonesian government has clarified that mandatory halal certification requirements remain in force, following some media reports suggesting that certain products from the United States(US) could enter Indonesia without halal certification under the newly signed reciprocal tariff agreement. Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya said such interpretations were inaccurate and misleading. “That is not true,” he said, according to ANTARA News Agency, Sunday night. Several local media reports highlighted provisions in Annex III Article 2.9 of the reciprocal tariff trade agreement (ART) signed by President Prabowo Subianto and US President Donald Trump in Washington, suggesting adjustments […]

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Kraft Heinz removing all artificial dyes from US products by end of 2027 Kraft Heinz plans to remove all artificial dyes from its U.S. products by 2027 amid the Trump administration's push to remove color additives from the nation's food supply.

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Kraft Heinz to phase out artificial colors in US products Investing.com -- Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ:KHC) announced Tuesday it will stop launching products with artificial colors in the United States effective immediately and plans to eliminate synthetic dyes from existing items by the end of 2027. The ketchup maker revealed that nearly 90% of its U.S. product net sales are already free of food, drug & cosmetic colors, which are also known as artificial colors or synthetic dyes. This initiative follows Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent outline of plans to remove synthetic food dyes from the U.S. food supply as part of broader efforts to address chronic diseases and conditions like obesity among Americans. Kraft Heinz stated that for the small portion of products currently containing artificial colors, it plans to remove the dyes where they are not critical or replace them with natural colors. The Jell-O maker added it would also look to reinvent products with new colors where a matching natural replacement is not available. The company said it is working with its brand licensees to encourage them to remove artificial colors as well. Other packaged food companies have been making similar moves. W.K. Kellogg and Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN) have been working on reformulating existing products and introducing new items without artificial dyes. This article was generated with the support of AI and reviewed by an editor. For more information see our T&C. 0 Latest comments

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Euro zone consumers happy to ditch US products if hit by tariffs, study finds FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Euro zone consumers are happy to ditch U.S. products if they are hit by tariffs in the course of a tit-for-tat trade war with U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, a European Central Bank survey showed. The ECB’s Consumer Expectations Survey, conducted in March before Trump had even announced, and later paused his tariff blitz, unexpectedly showed a change in preference regardless of any price increase. The 19,000 consumers were asked if they would look for alternatives to U.S. products if an import tax of 5%, 10% or 20% was imposed by the United States and, in retaliation, by the European Union. "Results show that consumers are very willing to actively move away from U.S. products and services," the ECB said in a blog post. The median substitution score was 80 on a scale where zero indicates no willingness to buy alternatives to U.S. products and 100 signifies a strong one. When asked for their motivations, 43.7% of respondents cited a change in preference, a bigger share than the 38.1% who said this was down to prices. Accordingly, the willingness to substitute was greater for higher-income households. "Our findings indicate that, in the current context, consumers’ reactions could therefore considerably deviate from standard textbook consumption patterns in response to higher tariffs," the ECB said. Only 8.9% of respondents said there was a lack of alternatives, which could prove a sore point if EU tariffs were actually imposed on products such as digital services.

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More & more #ForeignTourists are shunning the #US. #Canadians are selling #SeasonalHomes in #FLA & #Arizona. #AmericanTourism is imploding. And #USProducts & #USServices face boycotts. #MAGA!

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