The beverage industry strongly rejected the CSPI’s finding’s referring to them as “scare tactics.” CSPI reiterated its call to the Food and Drug Administration to revoke its authorization for caramel colorings that contain 4-MI, and in the interim to change the name of the additive to “ammonia-sulfite process caramel coloring” or “chemically modified caramel coloring” for labeling purposes. CSPI first petitioned the FDA to ban ammonia-sulfite caramel coloring in February 2011.
