The FDA has not formally reviewed the safety of the food dye Red 40 in over a decade, according to the agency's top food official. Senator Tommy Tuberville expressed concern over the lack of review, citing potential behavioral health effects of the dye.
The Food and Drug Administration has not formally reevaluated the safety of a food dye called Red 40 in over a decade, the agency's top food official said this month when asked about renewed worries over its potential behavioral health effects.The agency has launched a new effort to take a second look at some previously approved additives. But Jim Jones, the FDA 's deputy commissioner for human foods, warned their budget was too small and that it would take years to catch up to other countries.
'We are several decades behind Europeans and our Canadian counterparts, because they have legal mandates to reevaluate chemicals that have been authorized,' Jones told Sen. Tommy Tuberville at a hearing of the Senate's health committee.Tuberville also asked Jones about a different food dye called Red 3, which advocacy groups have petitioned against due to studies showing it causes cancer in animals. Jones suggested the agency could be weeks away from moving to ban it. The decades-old controversy over synthetic food dyes has gained renewed attention on Capitol Hill, thanks in part to outspoken criticism from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the department overseeing the FDA and other health agencies.'Senator Tuberville looks forward to working with the incoming Trump administration to Make America Healthy Again,' a spokesperson for the Alabama Republican said, referring to the slogan RFK Jr. has promoted Tuberville was 'shocked to learn' the FDA had not reviewed Red 40's safety for so long, his spokesperson said.What is red dye 40?FD&C Red No. 40, or Red 40 for short, is the FDA's name to refer to a color additive first registered with the agency in the 1970s. The chemical is known as Allura Red AC in the food industry and E 129 in Europe.It is now mostly synthesized from petroleum. Further chemical reactions to combine the dye with aluminum create what's known as 'Red 40 Lake
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