CBC News
@CBCNews·4.7M subscribers·47K videos
She can’t have candy or pop because of this allergy
Posted
August 30, 2023
Views
7,694
Likes
145
Comments
2
Engagement
1.91%
August 30, 2023
7,694
145
2
1.91%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
1:00Now PlayingNo KD, no candy, and sometimes even no medications.
Those are just a few things Marian Boyer can’t consume because of her allergy to tartrazine.
Tartrazine, also referred to as orange food dye, is a chemical compound used in many processed foods, medications and cosmetic products.
It causes Boyer to break out in itchy hives and have trouble breathing. For most of her early life, Boyer says she believed the reaction was caused by eggs. It wasn't until she suffered an allergic reaction to Aspirin during her pregnancy that she sought out an allergist, who told her "right away even before he did the testing, 'I know what you have.'"
As a result, she has to double check labels on all the food she buys since manufacturers go back and forth on removing the product or adding it back in.
Companies that use tartrazine in their products are required by Health Canada to list it on the label. But other countries, like Norway, Sweden and Switzerland, don’t permit it.
This video is part of CBC’s Creator Network. The Creator Network collaborates with a select roster of diverse Canadian creators to amplify Canadian stories and share unique perspectives.
»»» Subscribe to CBC News to watch more videos
Connect with CBC News Online:
For breaking news, video, audio and indepth coverage
Find CBC News on Facebook
Follow CBC News on Twitter
For breaking news on Twitter
Follow CBC News on Instagram
Subscribe to CBC News on Snapchat
Download the CBC News app for iOS
Download the CBC News app for Android
»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»
For more than 80 years, CBC News has been the source Canadians turn to, to keep them informed about their communities, their country and their world. Through regional and national programming on multiple platforms, including CBC Television, CBC News Network, CBC Radio, CBCNews.ca, mobile and on-demand, CBC News and its internationally recognized team of award-winning journalists deliver the breaking stories, the issues, the analyses and the personalities that matter to Canadians.
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
