Recent news reports have questioned the safety of color additives, particularly FD&C Yellow No. 5 and FD&C Yellow No. 6.  In response, IACM has issued a statement reaffirming the safety of these colors. IACM Reaffirms Safety of FD&C Yellow No. 5 and FD&C Yellow No. 6 Please contact Mat Gulick, IACM Communications Director, with any [...]

IACM is pleased to welcome two leading food companies to its growing membership.  The Hershey Company, located in Hershey, PA,  is a manufacturer of quality chocolate and non-chocolate confectionery and chocolate-related grocery products, and Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, located in Plano, TX, which includes more than 50 brands of carbonated soft drinks, juices, teas, mixers, [...]

A recent study published in Food and Chemical Toxicology (Lucova et al) claims that FD&C Blue No. 1 (known as Brilliant Blue when not certified) disrupts cell metabolism when entering the bloodstream.  Confectionarynews.com published a piece on the study  in which one of the study’s authors calls for food manufacturers to stop using the color [...]

IACM submitted comments today to the Taiwan Department of Health to express our concerns with recent proposal DOH No. 1011302921 of 16 October 2012 to limit the scope and application standards for caramel color. IACM Comments

I am pleased to share the first annual IACM Executive Director’s letter, which provides an assessment of the state of the association, and the Strategic Plan Progress Report, which provides a look at how we’ve addressed our strategic goals as set in 2010. Feel free to share the letter and report with your colleagues and [...]

IACM is pleased to welcome Sensient Food Colors to its growing membership. Sensient Food Colors, a unit of Sensient Technologies Corporation, develops natural and synthetic colors for a variety of food and beverage applications.  Sensient’s customers include major international manufacturers representing many of the world’s best known brands.  Sensient Food Colors is headquartered in St. [...]

IACM recognized Dr. Joseph F. Borzelleca with its inaugural Lifetime Service Award during its Global Color Conference, held September 11-13, 2012, in Chicago, Illinois. In the 1970s and 1980s, Dr. Borzelleca designed lifetime toxicity/carcinogenicity studies sponsored by IACM’s predecessor organization, the Certified Color Manufacturers Association, which remain the standard of excellence for food color safety [...]

The International Association of Color Manufacturers announces the appointment of Sarah (Mechum) Codrea as its new Executive Director. She will replace IACM’s General Counsel, John H. Cox, who has been serving as the Acting Executive Director. Press Release

IACM was contacted by Congressional Quarterly (CQ) to participate, with the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), in a set of companion opinion pieces discussing whether there is a link between certified colors and ADHD. The op-ed was recently published in the August edition of CQ Researcher and is available in the IACM [...]

Contrary to published reports, 2-Methylimidazole (2-MeI), which was listed as known to the State of California to cause cancer effective June 22, 2012, is not present in caramel color. A National Toxicology Program (NTP) report utilized in the Proposition 65 determination included a statement indicating the presence of 2-MeI in caramel colors (December 2004; NTP [...]