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3. QUAYLE'S APPETITE FOR RED DYE NO. 3

Wed Jan 15, 2025, 10:38 AM

Jan 15

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1992/10/12/quayles-appetite-for-red-dye-no-3/8cf0fbed-7ea1-4df4-bfd4-095447a1a76c/

On the surface, it doesn't seem as though the degree of redness in maraschino cherries in canned fruit cocktail could vie for the attention of a U.S. senator.

But in 1988, then-Sen. Dan Quayle (R-Ind.) was upset that cherries, cake frostings, cough drops and the lipsticks of tomorrow might lose their fire-engine red glow if the Food and Drug Administration got its way.

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FDA bans red dye No. 3 from food and drinks in the US [View all] BumRushDaShow Jan 15 OP

My knee surgeon gab13by13 Jan 15 #1

Petroleum News Oneear Jan 15 #2

QUAYLE'S APPETITE FOR RED DYE NO. 3 bucolic_frolic Jan 15 #3

And from that time until now BumRushDaShow Jan 15 #4

Ah. A dangerous (linked) dye Igel Jan 15 #13

Carmine (the extract) and the crushed insect BumRushDaShow Jan 16 #18

That's what always happens with changes of administration BumRushDaShow Jan 16 #19

Can't believe it took this long hueymahl Jan 15 #5

I think spaghetti sauce is going to look different too FakeNoose Jan 15 #6

I don't think they put Red #3 in there but some might cheat with Red #40 BumRushDaShow Jan 15 #7

LOL BumRushDaShow Jan 15 #9

Yup. Igel Jan 15 #14

I am a retired chemist BumRushDaShow Jan 16 #17

There's always beet juice Wicked Blue Jan 15 #10

Or Carmine (cochineal) BumRushDaShow Jan 15 #11

Beet juice is already being used to color some organic products womanofthehills Jan 15 #12

Wow... Blue_Roses Jan 17 #21

Oh yes.... BumRushDaShow Jan 17 #22