for the dumdums that refuse to read a full article... you guys are embarrassing some times.. for real.
"A consumer would have to consume well over a thousand cans of soda a day to reach the doses administered in the studies that have shown links to cancer in rodents," FDA spokesman Doug Karas said in a statement.
The FDA's limit for 4-MEI in caramel colouring is 250 parts per million (ppm). That caramel would then be diluted when it is put in soda. The highest levels of 4-MEI found by CSPI were about 0.4 ppm, according to Reuters calculations.
The ABA also notes that Health Canada and the European Food Safety Authority deem the chemical safe.
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