date:Jan 24, 2014
ut Consumer Reports cited a 2007 government study that found 4-MeI causes cancer in mice as well as a determination four years later by the International Agency for Research on Cancer that the chemical is possibly carcinogenic to humans.
Theres no reason why consumers should be exposed to an avoidable and unnecessary risk that can stem from coloring food brown, said Urvashi Rangan, Ph.D., toxicologist and executive director of Consumer Reports Food Safety Sustainability Center, in the article.