FDA Says It Is Studying Caramel Coloring in Soda
24th January 2014
Betcha they find a problem. That is, after all, their job.
The Food and Drug Administration says it is conducting new studies of the safety of caramel coloring in soft drinks and other foods, even though previous research has shown no identifiable health risk.
The function of government is to hire and pay government workers, and they can’t do that without discovering a problem that only they are uniquely qualified to ‘fix’. The first step in the process is ‘panic with scary headlines’.
The agency’s announcement comes in response to a study by Consumer Reports that shows varying levels of 4-methylimidazole — an impurity formed in some caramel coloring at low levels during the manufacturing process — in 12 brands of soda from five manufacturers.
Ah, yes, Consumer Reports! What better group to report on consumers?