A decision on Red No. 3, the synthetic coloring made from petroleum, could come in the next few weeks.
At the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee meeting Thursday, Jim Jones, the FDA’s deputy commissioner for human foods, said it’s been over a decade since the safety of the synthetic color additive Red No. 40 has been re-evaluated. “With Red 3, we have to revoke the authorization board, and we’re hopeful that in the next few weeks we’ll be acting on that petition,” he said.
Other countries do not want to take a risk, even if data on potential harms is not conclusive, he said. The FDA lacks a formal way to review substances that are already in the food supply — known as a post-market review — which could allow unsafe additives to linger in the food system even as new research becomes available, said Jennifer Pomeranz, an associate professor of public health policy and management at the New York University School of Global Public Health.
“In addition to evaluations and review by the FDA, the FDA supports and participates in the international risk assessments conducted under JECFA as a part of our post-market activities to ensure safety of substances added to food,” the spokesperson said. “All the colors listed have recently undergone assessments for safety in food by the JECFA and were found to be safe for use in food under current use conditions.
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