www.americanthinker.com By Matthew Williams
Stock up on your Mountain Dew: Code Red, M&Ms, and Swedish Fish — while these iconic items aren’t necessarily disappearing, a relatively minor but controversial component of their chemical anatomy will be phased out by 2027: Red 40. This synthetic dye will join the ranks of brominated substances and propylparabens.
Red 40’s forced retirement comes amid growing pressure from the populace demanding elimination of the dye from food items due to safety concerns. This is an example of the free market operating as intended — the food industry responding to consumer wants and needs. But it didn’t stop here, the government couldn’t resist the opportunity to step in, intervene and oversee the ban. Two issues arose in light of this event. First, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s incessant need to oversee the process, creating a regulation and granting the necessary authority to conduct inspections and audit facilities as the bureaucracy deems appropriate.
The second, and more contentious, observation is the emergence of an ideology within the health movement that seeks to model the U.S. healthcare approach after Europe. This perspective has even been touted and endorsed, at times, by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the newly confirmed Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). While it is true that certain parts of Europe generally exhibit lower rates of obesity, type II diabetes, and some psychiatric conditions, the underlying reasons for these differences are complex and multifaceted. Mirroring Europe’s heavy regulatory policies concerning health may prove moot…
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