可口可樂否認"焦糖色素致癌"

The Center for Science in the Public Interest called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban the use of certain caramel coloring in foods and sodas including Coca-Cola and Pepsi products, pointing to research that showed the additive caused cancer in lab mice and rats.
美國公共利益科學中心日前稱可口可樂和百事可樂所含的焦糖色素成分含有化學成分4―MEI，可能引發癌症風險，並請求美國食品藥品監督管理局禁止這種色素的使用。

The FDA noted that the additive is on the list to be reviewed at the World Health Organization International Agency for Research on Cancer now under way in France.
食品藥品監督管理局聲明說，世界衛生組織發起的關於癌症的研究中，此添加劑也榜上有名。

The Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo referred all requests for comment to the American Beverage Association, which sent Consumer Ally a statement strongly challenging the Center for Science in the Public Interest's petition to the FDA to ban the additive 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI).
美國飲料協會則認爲沒有證據表明4―MEI引發癌症，並提交書面迴應，聲援可口可樂和百事可樂。

"4-MEI is not a threat to human health," the association said. "There is no evidence that 4-MEI causes cancer in humans. No health regulatory agency around the globe, including the Food and Drug Administration, has said that 4-MEI is a human carcinogen. This petition is nothing more than another attempt to scare consumers by an advocacy group long-dedicated to attacking the food and beverage industry."
美國飲料協會說：“4-MEI對人體健康並不造成威脅，沒有任何直接證據表明它會誘發癌症，也從來沒有任何官方機構正式提出要禁用這種添加劑。美國公共利益科學中心一直以來都用這種手段，通過引發消費者的恐懼心理來打壓食品行業發展。”