The Food and Drug Administration proposed Friday requiring food and cosmetic labels to list cochineal extract or carmine if a product's ingredients include either of the two red colorings that have been extracted from the ground bodies of an insect known since the time of the Aztecs.
Release of the proposed rule came after the FDA received 35 reports of hypersensitivity to the colorings, the agency said. A 1998 petition by the Center for Science in the Public Interest asked that the FDA take action.
After my initial, EWWWW and wondering if I should bother to tell my one daughter who is vegetarian that chances are the make-up that she loves to wear has crushed buggies in it...I reflected on this; if a product is claimed to be "all natural" bugs are natural. Which is more harmful, bugs or artificial coloring from chemicals?
One could also wonder why it took the FDA 8 years to decide to do something about this. One also wonders how they will label this, "Warning this product may contain ground up bugs", might not exactly sell alot of fake crab.
(No bugs were used in the creation of the red coloring for this text)
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4 comments:
Bugs are not only natural, they are just fine for most of us.
My parents are both MD's (now retired) and treated patients for allergy. They had a number of patients who were allergic to cockroaches, which are not found here (Montana). The standard prescription they gave was to quit eating chocolate, which,interestingly enough,is naturally rich in the little critters.
I'm allergic to chocolate, but maybe after reading that Charles it was the cockroaches rather than the chocolate....
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I read somewhere that the FDA has standards for insect parts in products like flour and peanut butter, and it is only when the standard is exceeded that a product must get pulled.
Cochineal has a fascinating history for those with too much time on their hands, like me. the insects were highly desired because of the brilliant red dye that could be produced from their tiny carcasses, and I read that they were once commodities on the European spot markets.
There was also a MesoAmerican slave system that built around the procurement of cochineal; instead of plantations, slaves worked the desert to extract the critters from cacti.
I confess I did some searching too Mike, and I agree there is a really interesting history behind this color.
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