Red No. 2
Americannoun
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Last week the Food and Drug Administration rescinded its provisional approval of Red No. 2 because its safety could not be established.
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Several manufacturers, including Armour, General Mills, Nabisco and Revlon, say that they stopped using Red No. 2 long ago; others, such as Borden and Ralston Purina, are in the last stages of the changeover.
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In 1971, however, a Russian study linked cancer to Red No. 2, and consumerists in the U.S. stepped up pressure on the FDA to ban the dye.
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Accordingly, the FDA will let companies sell completed products made with Red No. 2, but forbids them to use the dye any longer.
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General Foods, which used Red No. 2 in some flavors of JellO, Kool-Aid and Gaines pet foods, says it stopped a week before the FDA ruling.
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