Substances come from oil and are found in cereals, sauces, drinks or even candies, causing chronic diseases in children
US President Donald Trump’s government has announced its plans to gradually abolish artificial dyes from food, a measure that scientists generally support.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) “removes de facto in the US in all oil dyes from oil,” Marty Makari’s new head during a press conference said.
A total of eight artificial dyes used in foods and derived from oil, which have been accused of damaging health, will be gradually prohibited by the end of 2026.
“Over the last 50 years, children in the US have been living in a toxic artificial chemical soup,” said Makari, citing research linking artificial pigments to diabetes, hyperactivity and even cancer.
As US Health Minister Robert Kennedy Junior explained during the same press conference, attempts to remove artificial dyes from food are necessary to treat chronic diseases in children.
Makari explained that the FDA will begin with the recall of two artificial pigments in the coming months and will work with the food industry with the aim of removing six more until the end of next year.
Which substances will be banned
Already, the previous government of Democratic Joe Biden had banned the artificial pigment called “Red 3” in North America and E127 in Europe. This substance has been known for more than 30 years that it causes cancer in animals.
Among the artificial pigments that the Trump government wishes to abolish “RED 40” (known as the name E129 in Europe), “Yellow 5” (E102) and “Yellow 6” (E110) are the ones most used by the food industry, Peter Larry explained to AFP, president of the Consumer Protection Union in the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI).
These substances are found in cereals, sauces, drinks or even candiesBut “none of them have nutritional value,” Larry said. “They actually serve just to mislead (consumers), to make foods red, blue, more fruity or more attractive than they actually are,” he explained.
Makari pointed out that the change from artificial pigments to natural would not increase product prices.
He also suggested that the food industries use materials such as watermelon, carrot or beetroot juice to add color to their food.
Source :Skai
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