Butter in Canada and food colouring

[personman]

Note the spelling of "colour": you know you're Canadian when...
My question is whether the labels on canadian butter(store-bought) that say: "may contain colour" should serve as a warning to the consumer. I have heard rumours that yellow-6 might be contained in the butter and that this food-colouring can lead to alzheimers. Anyone know anything about this?

[TylerDurden]

These food-preservatives/dyes are notoriously cancer-forming. Canthaxanthin in farmed fish is carcinogenic for example.

[personman]

Thanks for the reply. Would you speculate that the "may contain.." on the label would likely imply harmful colour?

[TylerDurden]

Thanks for the reply. Would you speculate that the "may contain.." on the label would likely imply harmful colour?

Likely. This implies at least occasional contamination, at the very least.

[personman]

Thanks for the responses