food and drug administration announced The use of red No. 3 is prohibited. Red No. 3 is a dye that has been approved for more than 100 years and is used in thousands of foods linked to cancer.
The decision came days before President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, when he nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services. President Kennedy has long criticized artificial additives in the U.S. food supply.
“FDA cannot approve food additives or colorings found to cause cancer in humans or animals.”
The dye was first approved for use in food in 1907, but studies in the 1980s found that high doses increased cancer rates in laboratory rats. Environmentalists have been calling for a ban for decades, but critics of the effort say it's just another act. example Government overreach.
“FDA cannot approve food additives or colorings if they are found to cause cancer in humans or animals,” Jim Jones, FDA's deputy commissioner for human foods, said in a statement. “Evidence shows cancer present in male laboratory rats exposed to high levels of FD&C Red No. 3.”
This dye is banned in Australia, Japan, and some countries in the European Union.
“The FDA is finally putting an end to the regulatory paradox in which Red 3 is illegal to use in lipstick, but completely legal to give to children in candy form,” said Peter, director of the National Science Center. Dr. Lurie said. Public interest. This additive was banned from use in cosmetics in 1990.
The ban on the use of red dye just before Inauguration Day led some to accuse the administration of trying to undermine RFK Jr.'s efforts in order to praise his efforts before he took office.
California Democrats had previously enacted legislation that would ban food additives, including Red No. 3.
“We know that chemicals are harmful, and children are likely to be consuming more of these chemicals than adults,” Susan Little of the Environmental Working Group said in 2023. “It doesn't make sense that the same products that food manufacturers sell in California are being sold in the EU.” However, we do not use these toxic chemicals. ”
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