TY - JOUR AU - Dr. Suvendu Ghosh, AU - Debosree Ghosh, AU - Syed Benazir Firdaus, AU - Partha Sarathi Singha, PY - 2017/12/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Metanil yellow: The toxic food colorant JF - Asian Pacific Journal of Health Sciences JA - APJHS VL - 4 IS - 4 SE - Table of Contents DO - 10.21276/apjhs.2017.4.4.16 UR - https://apjhs.com/index.php/apjhs/article/view/70 SP - 65-66 AB - <p>Metanil yellow is a food colorant used extensively in various foods. It is also used as an adulterant in different spices especially<br>turmeric and regular Indian foods like pulses. Metanil yellow belongs to “non‑permitted” category of food color. Continued<br>consumption of this toxic food color leads to adverse life‑threatening effects in humans. There are studies revealing adverse health<br>effects of metanil yellow. Serious concern and mass awareness are needed to be raised on the issue, and use of this toxic food color<br>needs to be abandoned completely.<br>Key words: , ,&nbsp;</p> ER -