Posted on 12/07/2024 3:31:12 PM PST by Libloather
The Food and Drug Administration will decide on a ban of certain food dyes in the coming weeks after receiving a petition to review the safety of Red 3, NBC News reports.
“With Red 3, we have a petition in front of us to revoke the authorization board, and we’re hopeful that in the next few weeks we’ll be acting on that petition,” Jim Jones, the deputy commissioner for human foods at the FDA, said during a Senate meeting this week, per NBC.
According to the FDA, the agency has reviewed the safety of Red 3 —which is derived from petroleum and found snacks, beverages, candy and more — in food and drugs “multiple times” since it was first approved in 1969, but the petition has requested for the additive to be reviewed once more.
“With the holiday season in full swing where sweet treats are abundant, it is frightening that this chemical remains hidden in these foods that we and our children are eating,” US Representative Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), a ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, wrote in a letter to the FDA.
“While food companies must ensure that the food they market is safe, they are also only required to ensure that their products meet FDA’s standards. This means that thousands of products that contain this chemical can remain on the market.”
He argued that there is “no reason” for the additive to be in food “except to entice and mislead customers” to make products appear “more appealing.”
Thomas Galligan, who works at the Center for Science in the Public Interest as a principal scientist for food additives and supplements, echoed a similar sentiment.
“These food dyes only serve one function in food, to make them look pretty...
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nakji-bokkeum sure isnt pretty. But i think it is delcious.
Nakji with seaweed is yummy too. Imo
No comparison. You can't live without nat. gas and oil. Dyes are unnecessary and only serve to make food products more appealing to look at.
None of us have any control over what gets sprayed on our foods.
If you want to eat GMO, glyphosate resistant and treated foods, have at it.
But many people don’t have any problem with not having out food treated with pesticides, herbicides, and antibiotics that leave residue on the food.
Inflicting it on people without their knowledge is NOT OK.
Why do i find myself in agreement with you on so very many things? ((Hug))
Wbew!
At least Biden will leave cosmetics and facial metal alone!
There is 'no reasom'...
Then leave well enough alone, you damned dictators!
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.[6]
For what percentage of folks?
And get rid of the pink lighting in the meat display cases while yur at it!
I think it’s the other way around.
Why not?
Aren’t they ORGANICALLY based?
Fat?
Heck there are not so many 90 YOs to begin with!
Can't PARENTS do this on their own - like you've just illustrated?
RFK also wants to legalize LSD and pot, so, you get both in his world.
In my work I with medicine I encounter old people. I meet many 90+ Mo one who is obese gets to 90 in my experience. Thats my point
Thanks.
Sure they could.
If they cared……
Does he still hold to that view?
Yes, he does. Recently published on 25 October 2024, his #1 priority was the legalizing of psychedelics (LSD, Mushrooms, etc.). He thinks they open the human mind to wonders we cannot conceive without them.
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