On May 6, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) issued a scientific opinion concluding that titanium dioxide (E171), a whitening pigment used to color everything from gum to sauces, “can no longer be considered safe as a food additive.” So what does...
Cutting out colours and preservatives from the diets of hyperactive
children should be standard part of dealing with the disorder, says
a professor who takes a more stringent view than the FSA following
the Southampton study publication.
Sweeteners and colourings in food aimed at children should be
banned, while additives ought to be used in other products only if
they provide an advantage to the consumer, said the EU Environment
Committee.
Food ingredients that are key to low-fat foods are seeing the
fastest growth in their sectors as the health and wellbeing trend
continues, finds a new report.
The researchers behind the Southampton study will push for a ban on
food additives they found to be linked to hyperactivity at this
week's Food Standards Agency board meeting.
The European Food Safety Authority has concluded that the
Southampton study gives no basis for changing acceptable daily
intakes (ADI) of food additives, due to inconsistencies and the
inability to attribute the effect to any additives...
The necessity of artificial additives in foods means they will
continue to be despite being found to have adverse effects on
behaviour, says a nutritionist.
This comment was amended to correct a statement about bans
of additives in other countries. Some of the chemicals were
previously banned by Norway, Austria and Australia but those bans
have since been removed. Allura red AC, tartrazine...
Concern stirred by publication of the Southampton study on food
additives and children's behaviour has ricocheted to the highest
echelons of British politics, with Prime Minister Gordon Brown
reportedly expressing his worry on...
The FSA has issued new advice on certain artificial additives
following research into a link with children's behaviour: that
eliminating them from the diet could have some benefits for
hyperactive kids or those with ADHD.
New rules that harmonise EU legislation on additives necessary for
the storage and use of flavourings were welcomed by industry last
week. Proposed by the Commission in 2002, amendments to Directive
95/2/EC on food additives other...
