The FDA's recent ban on Red Dye No. 3, announced during President Biden's last weeks in office, is primarily based on a single 1987 rat study which concluded it may be carcinogenic. Despite the toxicologist behind the study, Joseph Borzelleca, asserting the dye poses no human danger, the FDA had previously linked it to cancer in lab animals. This decision reflects ongoing tensions between consumer advocacy and industry practices, especially as the Biden administration faces pressure from advocates and emerging leaders in health policy aiming to regulate food additives more strictly.
I have no problem with my family - my kids and grandkids - consuming Red 3. I stand by the conclusions in my paper that this is not a problem for humans.
The FDA examined the data his team had collected and reached its own conclusion: that the dye caused cancer in male lab rats.
The move came just weeks before the Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services.
Consumer advocates have long pushed for bans on artificial food dyes, arguing that they could pose health risks to humans.
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