October 8, 2015
IACM has submitted comments to the National Organics Standards Board (NOSB) in response to the Agricultural Marketing Service’s (AMS) request for comments regarding the sunset review of colors, an item on the upcoming NOSB meeting October 26-29 in Stowe, VT and the proposed Handling Subcommittee’s recommendation to the NOSB. IACM’s comments Updated to add unofficial results […]
September 17, 2015
IACM to conduct additional exposure studies WASHINGTON, DC (September 17, 2015) – The International Association of Color Manufacturers (IACM) is pleased that recent conclusions from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed its expectations that the U.S. population is exposed to FD&C color additives at levels well below the acceptable daily intake (ADI) levels […]
September 11, 2015
Is there a difference between natural and synthetic food dyes, and is it possible that too much of either could have an effect on my health? With the prevalence of available research on the subject, it can be difficult to sift through the sometimes contradictory studies to differentiate validated facts from persistent myths. For instance, […]
August 27, 2015
Regulations Amending the Food and Drug Regulations – Nutrition Labeling, Other Labeling Provisions and Food Colors IACM submitted comments in response to Health Canada’s Regulations Amending the Food and Drug Regulations – Nutrition Labeling, Other Labeling Provisions and Food Colors published in the Canada Gazette. Comments
June 10, 2015
What You Should Know About Food Colors The International Food Information Council recently published a blog on food colors. To read it, click here.
October 6, 2014
IACM staff wrote a Letter to the Editor to Clinical Pediatrics in response to the recent Stevens et al articles on food color additives, stating that the publications were both invalid and misleading. View the full Letter here.
September 26, 2014
IACM member Sue Ann McAvoy has written an article, “Global Regulation of Food Colors” published in the September 2014 issue of The Manufacturing Confectioner. To view the article, click here.
August 27, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 27, 2014) – The International Association of Color Manufacturers (IACM) is pleased with the US Food and Drug Administration’s findings that all exposure estimates for FD&C colors are well below the acceptable daily intake levels previously identified by the FDA. The study estimated exposure for each FD&C color additive for the US […]
July 17, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 17, 2014) – The European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources Added to Food (ANS Panel) has raised its acceptable daily intake (ADI) to 4 mg/kg body weight per day for Sunset Yellow, a food color used in a variety of foods and certified in the US […]
May 8, 2014
Washington, DC, May 8, 2014 – Ensuring the safety of color ingredients used in the products consumers enjoy – and maintaining the public’s confidence in that safety – is the color industry’s primary goal. The International Association of Color Manufacturers (IACM), which represents both color manufacturers and consumer product companies that use color, understands that the […]