Joe Biden’s FDA just suddenly banned a certain red dye used in food and they did it just before President-elect Trump’s nominee for HHS Secretary gets confirmed.
The FDA banned Red No. 3 which is used in foods like “candy, gum, and cookies, including Brach’s candy corn, Betty Crocker sprinkles, and strawberry Ensure.” It is also used in certain ingested drugs.
Red No. 3 is believed to cause cancer.
Here’s more from the New York Post:
The FDA today has issued an order today that will ban Red No. 3 from food products and ingested drugs.
The dye, which was approved to use in 1907, has been banned in cosmetics and topical drugs since 1990 over evidence that it can cause cancer. Its use in food is already banned or restricted in Australia, Japan and countries in the EU.
Red No. 3. is commonly found in candy, gum, and cookies, including Brach’s candy corn, Betty Crocker sprinkles, and strawberry Ensure.
Food manufacturers will have until January 15, 2027 to remove it from all products, while makers of ingested drugs will have until January 18, 2028.
The new ban is based on the Delaney Clause of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, which was enacted in 1960. The Delaney Clause prohibits the FDA from authorizing any food or color additive that has been found to cause cancer.
“The FDA cannot authorize a food additive or color additive if it has been found to cause cancer in human or animals,” said Jim Jones, the FDA’s deputy director for human foods, according to NBC. “Evidence shows cancer in laboratory male rats exposed to high levels of FD&C Red No. 3.”
The move came in response to a petition from the Center for Science in the Public Interest and 23 other organizations, which included data showing male lab rats exposed to high levels of Red No. 3 got cancer.
However, the FDA noted that studies in humans and other animals did not show the same effect, saying that “available data does not raise safety concerns for humans.”
They also said that Red No. 3 is used in Canada and Europe but under the name erythrosine.
Maybe the FDA has suddenly grown more of a conscience since they know RFK Jr. is coming. Or maybe they are just trying to give Joe Biden one more ‘win’.