FDA wants to ban red food coloring
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has officially banned the red dye — called Red 3, or Erythrosine — from foods, supplements and drugs that are consumed, the Associated Press reported Wednesday.
Food manufacturers must remove the dye from their products by January 2027, while drug manufacturers will have until January 2028 to do so, according to the AP.
All food imported into the US from other countries will also be subject to the new regulation.
RED FOOD DYE COULD SOON BE BAND BY FDA REVIEW PETITION
“FDA is taking actions that will remove approval for the use of FD&C Red No. 3 in foods and drugs that are consumed,” Jim Jones, FDA deputy commissioner for human foods, said in a statement.
The US Food and Drug Administration has officially banned the red dye — called Red 3 or Erythrosine — from foods, supplements and drugs that are consumed (iStock)
“Evidence shows cancer in male laboratory rats exposed to high levels of FD&C Red No.3,” he continued. “Importantly, the way FD&C Red No. 3 causes cancer in male rats does not appear in humans.”
The synthetic dye, which is made from petroleum, is used as a color additive in foods and drugs that are consumed to give them a “bright cherry red color,” according to an online FDA statement.
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The petition to ban the paint cited the Delaney Clause, which says the agency cannot classify a paint additive as safe if it is found to cause cancer in humans or animals.
The color was removed from cosmetics nearly 35 years ago because of its potential cancer risk.
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“This is a welcome but long overdue action by the FDA: removing the unsustainable double standard under which Red 3 was banned from lipsticks but allowed in candy,” said Dr. Peter Lurie, group director of the Center for Science in Public. Interest, which led the petition effort, as reported by the AP.
According to Food Scores, a food database compiled by the Environmental Working Group, nearly 3,000 foods contain red no. 3.
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Petition to remove red no. 3 from food, supplements and medicines they presented the Center for Science in the Public Interest and 23 other organizations and scientists.
