ANILINE DYES IN FOOD
PRECAUTIONS TAKEN IN N.Z. Many aniline dyes used in food in Britain, the United States, New Zealand, and other. countries are suspected of being toxic or of possessing cancer-producing properties, says the annual report of the Department of Health. Some, of the colours permitted in New Zealand are on the “black list,” and the regulations will shortly be amended co exclude their use. “We can take comfort from the fact that our restrictive legislation has permitted New Zealanders to consume far smaller quantities of these toxic materials than has been the case in some other countries,” the report states. Probably in no other country were artificial food colourings used to a less extent than in New Zealand. The chief objection to the indiscriminate use of artificial colours was that the inferior quality of food might be disguised, but more important was the potential toxicity of a number of the aniline dyes used for the purpose.
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Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27751, 31 August 1955, Page 9
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