Red dye No. 3 banned from foods, U.S. regulator says

[flyzipper]

It's in today's news and it's in some popular avian pellets.

U.S. regulators on Wednesday banned the additive called red dye No. 3 from the nation's food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of potential cancer risk.​

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials granted a 2022 petition filed by two dozen food safety and health advocates, who urged the agency to revoke authorization for the substance that gives some candies, snack cakes and maraschino cherries a bright red hue.​

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The agency said it was taking the action as a "matter of law" because some studies have found that the dye caused cancer in lab rats. Officials cited a statute known as the Delaney Clause, which requires FDA to ban any additive found to cause cancer in people or animals.​

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[Rebel]

It's in today's news and it's in some popular avian pellets.

U.S. regulators on Wednesday banned the additive called red dye No. 3 from the nation's food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of potential cancer risk.​

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials granted a 2022 petition filed by two dozen food safety and health advocates, who urged the agency to revoke authorization for the substance that gives some candies, snack cakes and maraschino cherries a bright red hue.​

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The agency said it was taking the action as a "matter of law" because some studies have found that the dye caused cancer in lab rats. Officials cited a statute known as the Delaney Clause, which requires FDA to ban any additive found to cause cancer in people or animals.​

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Its about time. RFK jr has been fighting this for 20 years.

 

[Respect]

I don’t think the research on erythrosine is anywhere near thorough or conclusive enough to say that it’s harmful. Some of the rhetoric regarding food dyes seems a little pseudoscience-y to me.

That being said, I’m glad that it will finally be banned, and hopefully some other dyes will be too. Even if it hasn’t definitively been proven harmful, there’s really no reason why we should be putting unnecessary ingredients like flavorless synthetic dyes into our food

 

[erynez888]

Weird how long it took to ban something already considered risky. Maybe a whistleblower appeared. According to this law firm's page, FDA whistleblowers in the food industry play an important role and need protection.