Scientist Whose Work Led FDA To Ban Food Dye Says Agency Overstated Risk. - eviltoast
Scientist Whose Work Led FDA To Ban Food Dye Says Agency Overstated Risk - KFF Health News
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Almost 40 years ago, Joseph Borzelleca published a study on red dye No. 3, a petroleum-based food coloring. The FDA cited his work to ban the additive in January. But Borzelleca says it’s safe.

When the FDA announced in January, before President Joe Biden’s term ended, that it would ban a dye called red dye No. 3 in food and ingested drugs, the federal agency cited just one 1987 study on rats to support its action.

  • Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    1 day ago

    You mean the scientist who, as the article says, “represented cigarette maker R.J. Reynolds in negotiations with the Department of Health and Human Services about cigarette additives, according to a 1984 corporate memo”? Yeah, I’m sure this guy is completely unbiased towards corporate interests.