美国食品中禁用与癌症风险相关的红色色素
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banned a chemical widely used to color some food products red.
美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）已禁止一种广泛用于使某些食品变红的化学物质。
The ban of the coloring chemical, called dye, came nearly 35 years after it was removed from skin products because of a possible cancer risk.
这种名为染料的着色化学物质被禁用，距离其因可能致癌而从皮肤产品中移除已过去近35年。
A group of food safety and health supporters issued a petition in 2022 seeking to have the FDA ban Red No. 3 in food.
一群食品安全与健康的支持者于2022年发起请愿，要求FDA禁止在食品中使用红色3号。
The earlier ban was ordered in 1990, after two studies showed Red No. 3 caused cancer in male rats eating high levels of the chemical.
早先的禁令是在1990年下达的，此前两项研究表明，雄性大鼠食用高剂量的红色3号色素会致癌。
At the time, however, the FDA only acted to ban the coloring mixture in products put on the skin or in drugs taken by mouth.
然而，当时FDA仅采取行动，禁止在涂抹于皮肤的产品或口服药物中使用该色素混合物。
Health activists had long sought FDA approval to expand the ban to food products.
健康活动人士长期以来一直寻求美国食品药品监督管理局批准，将禁令扩大到食品产品。
In November, nearly two dozen members of Congress sent a letter demanding that FDA officials ban Red No. 3.
11月，近二十名国会议员致信要求美国食品药品监督管理局官员禁用红色3号。
Some of the most common products containing Red No. 3 include sweets, icing, strawberry milk, maraschino cherries, strawberry protein drinks, as well as some gummy vitamins and medications.
一些最常见的含有3号红色素的产品包括糖果、糖霜、草莓牛奶、马拉斯奇诺樱桃、草莓蛋白饮料，以及一些软糖维生素和药物。
The FDA said food manufacturers will have until January 2027 to remove the dye from their products.
美国食品药品监督管理局表示，食品制造商须在2027年1月前从产品中移除该染料。
Other countries still permit certain uses of the dye.
其他国家仍允许该染料的某些用途。
But any imported products will still have to meet the new U.S. requirement.
但任何进口产品仍须符合美国的新要求。
Red No. 3 is already banned for food use in Europe, Australia and New Zealand, except in certain kinds of cherries.
红色3号在欧洲、澳大利亚和新西兰已被禁止用于食品，但某些种类的樱桃除外。
The dye will be banned in California starting in January 2027.
该染料将于2027年1月起在加利福尼亚州被禁用。
And lawmakers in Tennessee, Arkansas and Indiana have also proposed limits on certain dyes, especially from foods offered in public schools.
田纳西州、阿肯色州和印第安纳州的立法者也提议限制某些染料的使用，尤其是公立学校提供的食品中的染料。
Jim Jones is the FDA's deputy commissioner for human foods.
吉姆·琼斯是FDA的人类食品副局长。
He noted that even though the agency had established the new ban, “the way that FD&C Red No. 3 causes cancer in male rats does not occur in humans.
他指出，尽管该机构已经制定了新的禁令，“FD&C Red No. 3在雄性大鼠中引发癌症的方式在人类中并不存在。”
" FDA officials said the ban was enacted because of a U.S. rule called the Delaney Clause.
FDA官员表示，这项禁令是根据美国一项名为《德莱尼条款》的规定而实施的。
This legal policy requires the FDA to ban any additive found to cause cancer in people or animals.
这项法律政策要求FDA禁止任何被发现会导致人类或动物患癌的添加剂。
Dr. Peter Lurie is director of the consumer activist group the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
彼得·卢里博士是消费者权益倡导组织“公共利益科学中心”的主任。
He helped lead the latest effort to remove Red No. 3 from food products.
他协助领导了最近将红色3号从食品中移除的行动。
Lurie told The Associated Press, "This is a welcome, but long overdue, action from the FDA.
卢里告诉美联社：“这是FDA的一项受欢迎但早就应该采取的行动。”
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The International Association of Color Manufacturers has repeatedly said Red No. 3 is safe in levels usually taken in by humans.
国际色素制造商协会多次表示，在人类通常摄入的水平下，3号红色素是安全的。
The group pointed to research carried out by scientific experts from the United Nations and the World Health Organization.
该组织提到了由联合国和世界卫生组织的科学专家开展的研究。
One study, released in 2018, confirmed the safety of Red 3 in food.
2018年发布的一项研究证实了红色3号在食品中的安全性。
Some food manufacturers have already changed their products to remove Red No. 3.
一些食品制造商已经改变了他们的产品，去除了红色3号色素。
One example is Sensient Food Colors, a St. Louis-based supplier of food colors and flavorings.
圣路易斯的一家食品色素和调味料供应商森馨食品色素公司就是一个例子。
In its place, the company uses beet juice, a dye made from insects and other coloring mixtures.
取而代之的是，该公司使用甜菜汁、由昆虫制成的染料以及其他着色混合物。
I’m Jill Robbins.
我是吉尔·罗宾斯。
Jonel Aleccia reported this story for the Associated Press.
乔内尔·阿莱西亚为美联社报道了这一故事。
Jill Robbins adapted it for Learning English.
吉尔·罗宾斯为《学习英语》改编了它。
