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US Health Officials Move to Phase Out Artificial Dyes from the Food Supply by 2027
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The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to remove synthetic food dyes from the US food supply by 2027, citing concerns about potential health risks. According to FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, studies have linked the consumption of synthetic dyes to various health conditions, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), diabetes, cancer, and gastrointestinal issues. The proposed ban would affect eight approved artificial food dyes derived from petroleum, with Yellow 5, Yellow 6, and Red 40 being the most commonly used.
For the last 50 years, American children have increasingly been living in a toxic soup of synthetic chemicals.
The question that industries are wrestling with now is whether or not to oppose this, and you know, the signs that I see are that they may just suck it up in the end.
None of them convey anything of any nutritional significance, and what they're really there for is to mislead -- to make food appear somehow redder, somehow bluer, somehow fruitier or more attractive than it is. And the purpose of all that is to drive up sales, it's not anything that benefits the American public.
US Red Dye Ban
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- 1.US Food and Drug Administration
- 2.Center for Science in the Public Interest
- 3.National Institutes of Health