{"id":598769,"date":"2023-01-18T12:49:51","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T18:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/18\/consumer-reports-promotes-petition-to-fda-to-ban-red-dye-no-3-the-artificial-color-in-food\/"},"modified":"2023-01-18T12:49:51","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T18:49:51","slug":"consumer-reports-promotes-petition-to-fda-to-ban-red-dye-no-3-the-artificial-color-in-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/18\/consumer-reports-promotes-petition-to-fda-to-ban-red-dye-no-3-the-artificial-color-in-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumer Reports promotes petition to FDA to ban Red Dye No. 3, the artificial color, in food"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the current issue of its \u201cOn Health\u201d newsletter, Consumer Reports calls on its member to sign a petition about one of its older causes.<\/p>\n

The formal petition was submitted to FDA by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) and it was supported by a number of groups, including CR. The CR effort mentioned in \u201cON HEALTH\u201d is meant to provide an opportunity for CR readers to support the formal petition.<\/p>\n

It all dates back 30 years to when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found Red Dye No. 3 to cause animal cancer and took action to ban the substance in cosmetics. Research back then also linked Red Dye No. 3 to hyperactivity in c<\/p>\n

\u201cSince the early 1980s, the FDA had evidence that Red Dye No. 3 caused cancer in laboratory animals,\u201d On Health reports. \u201cDespite banning this dye in cosmetics more than 30 years ago, the agency has failed to take the promised steps to ban this known carcinogen in our food, medicines, and supplements. \u201c<\/p>\n

\u201cWe demand the FDA act immediately to prohibit the use of Red Dye No. 3 in food, medicine, and supplements.\u201d It continues. \u201cThis dye, a known carcinogen, is already banned in cosmetics. Yet the FDA still allows it in food products \u2013 many of which are marketed to children, including candy and junk food. It\u2019s beyond time to get this unnecessary, dangerous additive out of our food,\u201d Consumer Reports said in its publication.<\/p>\n

To sign the CR petition to \u201cBan Red Dye No. 3 from food, medicine, and supplements\u201d go here.<\/a> <\/p>\n

After it was banned from cosmetics, many expected Red Dry No. 3 would shortly be banned from food and beverages. But it\u2019s one of those instances where the FDA has moved with glacier speed.<\/p>\n

According to CR\u2019s \u201cOn Health\u201d newsletter, Red Dye No.3 is \u201can ingredient in thousands of products, from vegetarian bacon by MorningStar Firms to certain flavors of Yoohoo, PediaSure, and Ensure.\u201d Dye is also found in some medicines and supplements.<\/p>\n

Red Dye No. 3 was used for 100 years before the health risks were discovered. Even FDA predicted it would be banned in food after the agency\u2019s action on cosmetics. But a generation later, it has not happened.<\/p>\n

.CR\u2019s Food Policy Director Brian Rodholm\u2019s question for \u201cOn Health \u201d readers was: \u201cIf this dye isn\u2019t safe for cosmetic use, how is it safe for you or your family to eat?\u201d<\/p>\n

It is estimated that at least 15 million pounds of food dyes are sold every year in the U.S. Yet cancer concerns have brought bans on Red dye No. 1 in 1962; on Red dye No. 2 in 1976, which was shortly followed by the ban on No. 4. <\/p>\n

Except for its use in cosmetics, Red dye No. 3 remains in legal use in food and beverages even though it\u2019s been linked to DNA damage in human liver cells\u00a0in vitro, much like the damage caused by a chemotherapy drug whose whole purpose is to break down DNA.<\/p>\n

(To sign up for a free subscription to Food Safety News,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>click<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0here)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Dan Flynn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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