These are the 6 food dyes the FDA wants to phase out and some of products that use them

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is calling on companies to phase out all petroleum-based dyes by the end of next year, Secretary Robert F Kennedy, Jr. announced Tuesday. 

The goal is to replace them with natural alternatives in the U.S. food supply. The FDA will be accelerating the review and approval of some new natural color additives, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary told reporters at an event to announce the plan, which stopped short of an outright ban.

On "CBS Mornings" Wednesday, CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook said the move was significant.