Joseph Lim :mastodon:<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LongOverdue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongOverdue</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> bans controversial red <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> dye<br>"FDA determined as early as 1990 tt <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Red3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Red3</span></a>, whose <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemical</span></a> name is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/erythrosine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>erythrosine</span></a>, shld be <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/banned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>banned</span></a> in cosmetics bec of its link to thyroid <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> in male rats. However, the additive continued to be used in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foods</span></a>, largely due to resistance fr the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foodindustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foodindustry</span></a>.. US has been <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/slow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slow</span></a> to act on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RD3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RD3</span></a> cf to oth major economies. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> banned its use in 1994, with similar <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prohibitions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prohibitions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enacted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enacted</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>, UK, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> & NZ"<br><a href="https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2941052/us-bans-controversial-red-food-dye" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bangkokpost.com/world/2941052/</span><span class="invisible">us-bans-controversial-red-food-dye</span></a></p>