Tartrazine in Medicines. Tartrazine is often found in medicines where its only purpose is. to provide colour and so it is classed as a 'non active' ingredient. Sadly, for many, it becomes a very 'active' ingredient providing many. unwanted symptoms. A 1989 study set out to assess the prevalence of colourings and.
Chavez has displayed a penchant for changing Venezuelaâs national symbols since he was first elected in 1998, overseeing the drafting of a new constitution, renaming Congress the National Assembly and renaming the country itself, now the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The new flag design adds an eighth star to Venezuelaâs yellow, blue and red flag, which since 1863 has had seven stars representing the original seven provinces that rose up against colonial Spain.
Today, the flag continues to carry the 13 red and white alternating stripes and now displays 50 white, 5-pointed stars against a blue background, representing the 50 states. Although the colors of the flag did not originally hold a specific meaning, many people have since suggested the significance of the colors. Red represents valor and strength, white represents innocence and purity, and blue represents perseverance and justice. These are the same meanings attributed to the colors of the Great Seal. Other people suggest that the stars symbolize the heavens and the stripes symbolize rays of sunlight.