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Illinois Moving Forward with BVO Ban

Posted on March 25, 2025
  • Illinois is moving forward with the Illinois Food Safety Act to ban brominated vegetable oil (BVO), potassium bromate, propylparaben, and Red No. 3, despite FDA’s BVO ban that went into
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FDA to Revoke Authorization for Brominated Vegetable Oil in Food

Posted on July 2, 2024
  • FDA will publish a rule revoking the existing food additive authorization for brominated vegetable oil (BVO) on July 3, 2024. BVO is a mixture of vegetable oils (generally corn, cottonseed,
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Health Canada Proposes to Remove Authorization for Brominated Vegetable Oil

Posted on June 5, 2024
  • Last month Health Canada announced a proposal to remove brominated vegetable oil (BVO) as a permitted food additive. It is currently authorized for use as a density adjusting agent in
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Illinois to Ban Certain Food Additives, Following California, New York, and New Jersey

Posted on February 1, 2024
  • Originally introduced in November 2023, the Illinois Food Safety Act (SB 2637) proposes to prohibit the manufacturing, selling, delivering, distributing, holding, or offering for sale a food product
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FDA Proposes Rule to Prohibit Brominated Vegetable Oil in Food

Posted on November 2, 2023
  • In a Federal Register notice scheduled to be published November 3, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to revoke the regulation authorizing the use of brominated vegetable
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Candy Companies and FDA Respond to California Red No. 3 Ban (Law360 Subscription Required)

Posted on October 12, 2023
  • Since Governor Newsom signed AB 418 into law, the National Confectioners Association (NCA), a major candy makers trade group, has urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to curtail
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California Senate Passes AB 418

Posted on September 15, 2023
  • On September 11, the California Senate passed AB-418, The California Food Safety Act. As our readers know, if signed into law, AB-418 would prohibit the manufacturing, selling, delivering, distributing,
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California Senate Removes Titanium Dioxide from AB 418 List of Prohibited Substances

Posted on September 8, 2023
  • The California Food Safety Act (AB 418) was amended by the Senate to remove titanium dioxide from its list of prohibited substances. Four substances remain on the list: brominated vegetable
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California Bill Seeks to Ban Five Chemical Substances from Use in Food Products

Posted on July 6, 2023
  • On June 28, 2023, the California Senate Committee on Health approved Assembly Bill 418 (AB 418), which would end the use of certain chemicals in food products sold
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California Assembly Passes Ban on Chemicals in Processed Food

Posted on May 18, 2023
  • California Assembly Bill 418 (AB 418) has a received a favorable 54-11 Assembly vote, which is a first-in-the-nation ban on brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben, Red Dye
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