The classification of the recall, due to Yellow 5, comes after the FDA banned the dye known as Red 3 from the nation’s food supply.
A federal statute requires the FDA to ban any additive found to cause cancer in animals, though officials stressed that the way Red 3 leads to cancer in rats doesn’t happen in people.
The other common color additives in food are Blue 1, Blue 2, Green 3, Red 40, and Yellow 6.
Two permitted colors are used more rarely: Citrus Red 2 and Orange B. Tri-Union Seafoods initiated the recall after its supplier discovered a manufacturing defect in the tuna cans’ “easy open” lids.
The product was recalled due to an undeclared presence of a synthetic food dye, Yellow 5, in the drink.
