2. HOW ARE ADDITIVES EFFECTING OUR HEALTH? A PRESENTATION ON THE SOURCES AND RESULTS OF FOOD ADDITIVES. ALYSSA KEMP

3. CARMINE CARMINE ALSO CALLED CRIMSON LAKE OR CARMINE LAKE, COCHINEAL, NATURAL RED IS A PIGMENT OF A BRIGHT-RED COLOR OBTAINED FROM THE ALUMINIUM SALT OF CARMINIC ACID; IT IS ALSO A GENERAL TERM FOR A PARTICULARLY DEEP-RED COLOR OF THE SAME NAME. THE PIGMENT IS PRODUCED FROM SOME SCALE INSECTS SUCH AS THE COCHINEAL SCALE AND CERTAIN PORPHYROPHORA SPECIES. CARMINE IS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS, PAINTS, CRIMSON INK, ROUGE, AND OTHER COSMETICS, AND IS ROUTINELY ADDED TO FOOD PRODUCTS SUCH AS YOGURT, CANDY AND CERTAIN BRANDS OF JUICE, THE MOST NOTABLE ONES BEING THOSE OF THE RUBY- RED VARIETY. AS A FOOD DYE IT HAS BEEN KNOWN TO CAUSE SEVERE ALLERGIC REACTIONS AND ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK IN SOME PEOPLE. ALTHOUGH CONCERNS OVER HAZARDS FROM ALLERGIC REACTIONS HAVE BEEN ASSERTED, THE FDA HAS NOT BANNED THE USE OF CARMINE AND STATES IT FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF A "SIGNIFICANT HAZARD" TO THE GENERAL POPULATION. AS WITH ANY MATERIAL, THE DYE MAY STILL POSE AN ALLERGEN HAZARD TO A SUBSET OF THE POPULATION.

4. KRAFT MACARONI AND CHEESE IN THE US CONTAINS THE ARTIFICIAL FOOD DYES YELLOW 5 AND YELLOW 6. “G.M.O. DECLARATION,” THE LABEL STATES, REFERRING TO GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS. “MADE FROM GENETICALLY MODIFIED WHEAT. (MAY CONTAIN G.M.O.)” WHILE THE UNITED STATES DOES NOT REQUIRE THE LABELING OF FOOD PRODUCTS CONTAINING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS, FOOD MANUFACTURERS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION MUST DO SO.

5. FOOD MANUFACTURERS IN THE U.S. CAN USE NINE DYES IN ALL. RED 40, YELLOW 5 AND YELLOW 6 MAKE UP 90 PERCENT OF THE MARKET.

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