Sausages and hamburgers can cause cancer because of the dye
The widespread food dye which is added in sausages and hamburgers, can lead to a cancer. About it informed the European agency on food safety.
The headquarters of the Agency is located in the Italian city of Parma. There they informed the name of the dye: Red 2G, on grocery packings it is marked as E 128.
The tests on animals have shown, that Red 2G in an organism transforms to aniline. This substance can cause cancer in animals and the person, and also to generate genetic changes in cells of an organism.
The scientific council of the European agency on food safety cancelled existing till now norms, which determined safe Red 2G’s concentration in food stuffs. At that the Agency has refrained from an appeal to ban completely this substance in the food-processing industry.
The agency has acquainted the European Commission with the conclusions. According to experts, the question on Red 2G ban will be solved by Eurocommission and by the national governments of the countries.