FDA Food Hearings

FDA will hold hearings to discuss food dyes and childrens behavior at the end of March!

Photo Credit: CSPI

Nutri-Grain bars sold in Britain contain natural colorings, like beetroot red, but the same product sold in the United States uses Red 40 and other synthetic dyes.

Europe has moved much more quickly to protect children from artificial dyes. The British government has urged companies to stop using most dyes, and the European Union requires a warning notice on most dyed foods.  As a consequence, Kellogg, Kraft, McDonald’s, and other American companies that do business in Europe use safe, natural colorings over there — but harmful, synthetic petrochemicals over here.

Let's hope this is the beginning of the end of petroleum laced foods in our country.