- 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 Announces Red No. 3 Authorizations to be Revoked as Matter of Law, not Safety
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- Today FDA announced that it is revoking the color additive authorizations for Red No. 3 in food (including dietary supplements) and ingested drugs based on evidence showing that Red No.
Members of Congress Urge FDA to Ban Red 3
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- 23 members of Congress have sent a letter to FDA requesting that the agency ban the use of Red 3 in foods before the end of this Congress (by January
Health Canada Finalizes Brominated Vegetable Oil Ban
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- On August 30, 2024, Health Canada announced that it had removed brominated vegetable oil (BVO) from its “list of permitted food additives with other accepted uses,” but that
Florida Bans Cultivated Meat
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- Last week Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed SB 1084 into law, making it “unlawful for any person to manufacture for sale, sell, hold, or offer for sale, or distribute cultivated