Pepsi and Coca Cola Make Changes to Sodas to Avoid Cancer Warning

March 19, 2012
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Pepsi and Coca Cola are making changes to the way they make caramel coloring used in their soft drinks because a new California law requires cancer warnings on the labels of beverages containing a certain amount of carcinogens.

According to USA Today, the companies announced that the changes will be expanded nationally to update their manufacturing processes. A Coca-Cola representative said the company told its caramel suppliers to modify their manufacturing process to reduce the levels of the chemical 4-methylimidazole.

In February, the Center for Science in the Public Interest filed a petition with the Food and Drug Administration to stop the use of ammonia-sulfate caramel coloring.

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