There’s a petition to remove Red Dye #3 from use in foods in the US (it’s already banned in Europe). It’s only one out of a plethora that are still used in US foods but not across the pond.
But here’s the kicker about Red Dye 3 that just floored me. I’ve highlighted it below…
The petition argues the FDA should ban Red 3 because under the 1960 Delaney Clause, the FDA is not allowed to deem a color additive safe if it has caused cancer in animals or humans ‘at any dose.’
The agency used that clause as a pretext to ban Red 3, also known as erythrosine, from cosmetic products like lipstick in 1990 because high doses of the chemical caused cancer in rats during tests.
So Red 3 was banned from being used in cosmetics in 1990 because it caused cancer. And it took them almost 10 years to do that. But they allowed it to be eaten. By children. For decades.
Holy fuck. There shouldn’t have been a question and there shouldn’t be a need for another petition 34 years later. If it wasn’t safe for cosmetics, it damn skippy isn’t safe to eat. That would be that thing called common sense.
So these things have to meet FDA standards, which to me look like they suck twelve kinds of ass and are essentially useless. Because why on this good green earth would they allow something to remain IN FOOD that they wouldn’t allow to be used topically?
So really at this point in time, what use is the FDA? Why should we trust ANYTHING that is FDA approved? They’ve been either co-opted (they’re the ones who tried to hide documents on the covid shot testing process for 75 years and just got slapped down–just the latest in a long line of corruption) or just stupid. Everything they’ve ever approved needs to be reviewed and the banning process needs to be streamlined.
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