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Food from the USA is not up to European standards. It's that simple.
Just look at how long it took to ban Red Dye #3. Banned almost completely in Europe in 1994, while in the US it's legal until 2027.
Just want to piggy back on the red dye thing. The dye was banned in January, and shortly after, in February, a canal in Argentina turned red, which people suspected was from a dye manufacturer dumping into the water way: https://vt.co/news/weird/concerns-raised-after-canal-water-mysteriously-turns-red-like-blood-overnight
I suspect the two events are related.
That seems unlikely. Demand for these things tends to taper off. It's not like the products using this dye immediately had their formula changed when the law passed. Instead, production of the dye will slow down as those products get a new formula, and they'll continue to use old stock until it's depleted.
Besides, the article points to other likely sources of pollution.
I'm confused, is that how a ban works? Companies are allowed to continue to use it from massive stockpiles as long as some day in the future they stop? It sounds way too easy to game...
Under US law, yeah typically. There were a number of companies that hoarded lead paint in 1978 for exactly that reason, and it was perfectly legal. Similar story for asbestos. What sucks is afterwards, there's no clear line to know if someone might have the banned substance. I also have no idea if this is the case for this particular law.
But regardless, red dye 3 isn't banned until 2027 for food, and 2028 for drugs. These will all be reformulated by that date, but for now production continues unabated.
Ah, that makes sense. I thought the ban was already in effect here...
Don't forget high fructose corn syrup, which is still legal in the US, despite having a conspiracy theorist who hates it in charge of the Department of Health and who could get that ball rolling with a word.
Corn subsidies effectively bankroll a number of (Solid Red) US states. That shit's big business, with big lobbyist payrolls, with big lawyers behind them.
The corn lobby is nearly as strong as the oil lobby... it aint going nowhere.