Color additives
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA "unable to reach a decision" within required 180 days on Center for Science in the Public Interest citizen petition to include the color additives carmine and cochineal in cosmetic, food and drug formulations. The Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition was unable to come to a conclusion "because of the limited availability of resources and other agency priorities," the center said. The interest group's petition is dated Aug. 24, 1998