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Amaranth

Also known as: Amaranth, E123, E 123, CI 16185

Is Amaranth safe? Is it banned or restricted? Below is the cited record — every claim linked to the regulator, study, or report that made it.

The charges against Amaranth

1 finding
Exhibit 01
Warning

The provisional listing and certification of FD&C Red No. 2 (amaranth) was terminated by the FDA (Federal Register, February 1976); it is no longer permitted as a colour additive in food in the United States.

Amaranth (FD&C Red No. 2, E123) has been banned as a food colour in the United States since 1976, when the FDA terminated its listing over unresolved carcinogenicity concerns; it remains authorized in the EU as E123.

Tier 1 · RegulatoryUSU.S. Food and Drug Administration· 1976-02-13(opens source in a new tab)

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