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Color additive

Red 2G

Also known as: Red 2G, E128, E 128, CI 18050

Is Red 2G 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 Red 2G

1 finding
Exhibit 01
Warning

Commission Regulation (EC) No 884/2007 suspended the use of E 128 Red 2G as a food colour (26 July 2007) as an emergency measure, after EFSA found it is readily and extensively metabolised to aniline, a substance EFSA regarded as being of (carcinogenic) safety concern.

Red 2G (E128) was banned/suspended as a food colour in the EU in 2007 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 884/2007), after EFSA found it is metabolised to aniline, a substance of carcinogenic concern.

Tier 1 · RegulatoryEUEuropean Commission (Commission Regulation (EC) No 884/2007), via EUR-Lex· 2007-07-26(opens source in a new tab)

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