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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Trump Effect.
(MAHA)
They didn’t seem to be very concerned about strange additives in vaxxes...
Nice. MAHA.
Before RFK even takes the position?!
Who financially benefits from this?
Twinkies are toast.
I don’t care for fanatics of any persuasion. Having a strong, justified position is one thing.
For my part, willy nilly banning of food dyes that have been aroung for many decades sounds the same as banning drilling, fracking that have also been around for decades.
you obviously have not read the research.
these additives cause serius problems.
The grocery stores don’t have to wait. They can provide shelves right now for foods having substances in them that are banned in other countries. It would be a good marketing strategy and make them fortunes.
winning
I don’t want to turn the FDA into a Democrat clone of the EPA, ruling by regulations.
What makes a poison a poison is the dosage. These food dyes are ubiquitous annd in almost everything we eat. We are being overdosed on the crap. This is one area where the FDA actually makes sense. I’m tired of not knowing what I’m putting in my mouth when I eat.
Why did it take the possibility of RFK to make you move on this issue? The American people should be growing more angry by the second as all of the corruption and outright evil begins to come to light.
Aren't enough lampposts in this nation...
Grocery store fish counters hardest hit.
I thought Zyklon B was the Nazi genocide drug.
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