I believe we are about to start seeing mass shortages due to inflation soon and this is the government preparing to shift blame to the producers.
Multiple news outlets have been posting about this ban starting yesterday and it appears to all be the types of items that would get discontinued first in a shortage situation.
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@Twothousandshadows The artificial coloring can be removed without affecting anything. The food might look different, but it will taste the same.
@Tfmonkey yes I agree that this specific coloring problem could be solved but it would require a mass recall or destruction of products containing it in those states.
That’s going to create half empty shelves and would probably result in some of those product just being discontinued all together.
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Obviously I’m kinda just reaching for straws but it suddenly now being a issue as war looms and prices creep higher is an odd and kinda convenient coincidence.