They don't need to change addiction effects of games long as the people are told, which they are in terms of to play within their means same thing for buying lottery tickets. If people chose to shrug the warning then that's on them. Fast food has addicting chemicals and tons of people eat less or stopped as they got older, others still do eat it often. They don't need to stop addicting cancerous chemicals in that food long as there's some label on the product wrappers or at the store. These people would be out of business if they stopped their formulas. It's not a company's or government's job to make their product a lot healthier. People have the free will to do as they please. If the warnings similar to cigs decreases sales then so be it. Maybe OP will walk in and get addicted, maybe he won't. It's not the casino's fault if that happens when the government or users here warned him what could happen. I get where people are coming from in terms of making tons of stuff healthier or safer for the consumer, but that's not how capitalism or what not works lol. A warning is good enough. Addiction of any kind sucks including those who are in this hobby, but it's not the SPs fault if someone financially struggling takes loans out and spends it on her. She's not to blame. I've heard of some taking loans against their homes down in Orillia at the casino and committing suicide which sucks if those happened before all the warnings by the government were said. Anything after a warning should be on the individual themself. I haven't checked out any gambling apps nor care for them but I'm leaning towards most having a warning or at least informing the user to play within their means.
So why bother having speed limits in school zones, city streets, and highways. Why not just warnings, and let the driver decide how fast to drive?
The issue here is that whatever generates a lot of revenue for the government, whether it be tobacco taxes, alcohol taxes, or government run gambling, will be allowed, without regard for the well-being of whoever participates in those activities or buys those products. The only requirement is that the consumer be of legal age.
I don't know much about it, but I assume that if a certain chemical that is added to food products for any practical reason, but is sufficiently proven to be a carcinogen, such as Red Dye 3, the government will at some point ban it from use by in food production.
Here’s why Canada isn’t following the U.S. ban on Red Dye No. 3 in food and drinks
The artificial food colouring is used to make beverages, candies and maraschino cherries pop with colour.
By
Dominik KurekInsidehaltoncom
Friday, January 17, 2025
Red dye No. 3 is used to make food and drink products such as maraschino cherries, candy, drinks and others pop with colour.
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The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced it is banning red dye No. 3 in food, drinks and medicine.
What is red dye No. 3?
Red dye No. 3 is an artificial food colouring used in foods such as candy and maraschino cherries, as well as drinks, medicines and other products that pop with a red colour.
Is Canada banning red dye No. 3?
Canada, on the other hand, is not making such a move, at least not at this time.
U.S. food and drink manufacturers will have to stop using red dye No. 3, also known as erythrosine, by January 2027, while drug manufacturers have until January 2028.
On food labels, it may be labelled as FD&C Red No. 3, FD&C Red 3 or Red 3.
Why is it permitted in Canada?
Health Canada officials said red dye No. 3 does not present a safety concern to humans.
“Due to a legal provision called the Delaney Clause, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is required to ban food additives found to cause cancer in humans or animals. Two studies showed cancer in laboratory male rats exposed to high levels of FD&C Red No. 3 due to a rat-specific hormonal mechanism which does not exist in humans, thereby triggering a requirement for the FDA to ban FD&C Red No. 3. This is a legal requirement in the United States,” Health Canada said via email.
“Studies in other animals and in humans did not show these effects, and claims that the use of this colour in food puts people’s health at risk are not supported by the available scientific evidence.”
Health Canada also pointed to the Joint United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization Expert Committee on Food Additives, which re-evaluated the safety of the food colouring as a food additive in 2018 and concluded it does not present a safety concern.
“The expert committee considered toxicological studies in experimental animals that assessed end points such as systemic toxicity, genotoxicity, carcinogenicity and reproductive/developmental toxicity, as well as studies that summarized observations in humans,” Health Canada said.
“Health Canada reviewed the expert committee’s re-evaluation and concluded that FD&C Red No. 3 does not pose a health risk to the general Canadian population at the levels set out in the
list of permitted food colours.”
Health Canada added that if new scientific data becomes available which shows red dye No. 3, as an ingredient in food or drugs, poses a human health risk, it will take action to mitigate that risk — including no longer permitting its use.
Sylvain Charlebois, professor and researcher of food distribution and policy at Dalhousie University, said another difference between Canada and the United States is that Canada has a limit to how much of it can be used in a product while the U.S. does not.
Health Canada’s
list of permitted food colours shows red dye No. 3 is limited to no more than 300 parts per million.
While there’s no ban planned in Canada, Charlebois points out Canadian food, drink and drug manufacturers will be required to stop using red dye No. 3 in products destined for the U.S.
What products is red dye No. 3 used in?
While not all brands and food manufacturers use red dye No. 3, here’s a list of some of the types of products that it may appear in, according to various media reports:
- Candies such as dyed marshmallows and candy corn
- Baked goods such as cakes and cupcakes
- Frozen desserts such as ice pops, freezies or strawberry ice cream
- Toaster pastries
- Frosting
- Fruit products such as fruit bowls or fruit cocktails
- Pudding
- Beverages such as sodas, fruit-flavoured drinks and strawberry milk
- Protein shakes
- Bacon bits
- Sausages and vegetarian meats
- Cough syrups
- Gummy vitamins
You can read the FDA decision on its
website.
