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| 00003187b5b75bbdca3e8e9107236f6f8e77dcc37376b43ae7ff9aa043d6fdb3 | Dear Food and Drug Administration, I am writing to express my support for this petition requesting that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ban use of FD&C Red No. 3 in foods, drugs, and dietary supplements. I strongly agree with the decision Congress made in 1960 that cancer-causing color additives have no place in our foods, drugs, supplements, or cosmetics. I am appalled that FDA has known for more than 30 years that Red 3 can cause cancer and yet still approves the dye to be used in foods, drugs, and supplements. In 1990, FDA concluded that Red 3 causes cancer when ingested by animals after reviewing studies it received in the early 1980s. From this conclusion, FDA revoked the provisionally allowed uses for Red 3, which at the time included use in cosmetics and externally applied drugs, claiming it would separately take steps to revoke the permanently approved uses, namely drugs and foods, including supplements. Three decades have elapsed, and yet Red 3 remains approved for use in foods, drugs, and supplements and is, in fact, still widely used. FDA estimated in 2016 that 84 percent of the U.S. population two years of age and older is exposed to Red 3. Red 3 is found in thousands of food and drug products currently on the market, including many marketed to children. A full ban on Red 3 is long past due. I ask that FDA act quickly and decisively to prohibit all uses of Red 3 to protect consumers, especially children, from this cancer-causing chemical. Sincerely, Renée Umstattd Meyer TX | 1 | b7e7b887441015e47170a0e3ab4ed7b6604c95dd0a2d43fec784384598600c13 |