Food Safety Authorities warn of artifical colours in food!
Friday, September 7th, 2007
A couple of days ago (or was it yesterday?), the Food Safety Authority of Ireland issued a warning to parents about the dangers of certain artificial colourants added to some foods and soft drinks - you can read the detail on the FSAI’s website.
While it comes as no surprise to me that these additives are dangerous (even though that’s not the word used by either the Irish or British FSA, for legal reasons it is to be presumed), it never ceases to amaze me how people in general, and parents of young children in particular, never look at the list of ingredients in the stuff they buy for themselves and their children. Surely not to look at the ingredients is serious enough to be considered a dereliction of parental duty! It is in my book!
The additives in question are Tartrazine (E102), Ponceau 4R (E124), Sunset Yellow (E110), Carmoisine (E122), Quinoline Yellow (D104), and Allura Red (E129). At least some of them are members of the so-called Azo Dyes, which I have written about in an earlier post.
This notice coming hot on the heels of the banning of E128 (Red 2G) shows that the Food Safety Authorities in these islands are doing their job. It is now incumbent upon parents to start doing theirs.
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