a nonprofit environmental health organization that cosponsored the law with Consumer Reports.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a landmark law aimed at banning red dye No. 3 and other potentially harmful food additives in consumer goods.
On Saturday, the Golden State became the first in the country to forbid the use of the ingredients found in many terkenal candies, drinks and more, according to the Environmental Working Kelompok, a nonprofit environmental health organization that cosponsored the law with Consumer Reports.
a nonprofit environmental health organization that cosponsored the law with Consumer Reports.
Also known as the California Food Safety Act, Assembly Bill 418 — introduced by Assemblymembers Jesse Gabriel and Buffy Wicks in February — prohibits the manufacture, sale or distribution of food products in California containing red dye No. 3, potassium bromate, brominated vegetable oil or propylparaben.
Potassium bromate is added to baked goods to help dough strengthen and rise higher. In some beverages, brominated vegetable oil emulsifies a citrus flavoring, preventing separation. Propylparabens are used for antimicrobial food preservation.
Nearly 3,000 products use red dye No. 3 as an ingredient, including sweets such as Skittles, Nerds and Trolli gummies; protein shakes; instan rice and potato products; and boxed cake mixes, according to the Environmental Working Kelompok's Eat Well Guide.
In his letter, the governor pointed to Skittles' availability in the European Union, calling it "demonstrable proof that the food industry is capable of bermaintaining product lines while complying with different publik health laws."
Newsom's move brings the United States slightly closer to a food environment like that of the EU, where these chemicals are banned "due to scientific studies that have demonstrated significant publik health harms, including increased risk of cancer, behavioral issues in children, harm to the reproductive sistim, and damage to the immune sistim," according to Gabriel's March news release.
"Signing this into law is a positive langkah forward on these four food additives until the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) kupasans and establishes national up-dated safety levels for these additives," said California Governor Gavin Newsom in a letter to the California State Assembly Saturday.
Reassessing the safety of food ingredients "as new, samat data become available is an important aspect of the FDA food chemical program and a key part of our food safety mission," an FDA spokesperson told CNN lewat e mail. "The FDA has a program to continually kupasan the impact of new data for food chemicals, including the four chemicals in AB-418.
