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Our family tries to eat more wholesome versions of food these days, without artificial preservatives, flavorings or colors. We mostly try to avoid processed foods with their questionable ingredients. Yet with regard to Easter egg decorating, we have tended to use the typical box of food coloring to dye our eggs. Those are the same artificial colors like yellow 5 and red 40 whose safety the
Center for Science and the Public Interest has been asking the Food and Drug Administration to scrutinize. Even though the FDA decided not to take action on this matter, it gives me pause. Why risk it with artificial colors made from petroleum or coal tar?