titanium dioxide
FDA Publishes Stance on Titanium Dioxide in Food
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- On March 4, 2024, FDA published a webpage discussing the use of titanium dioxide (TiO2) as a color additive in foods. The webpage, which references a color additive petition requesting
Illinois to Ban Certain Food Additives, Following California, New York, and New Jersey
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- 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
California Senate Passes AB 418
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- 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,
California Senate Removes Titanium Dioxide from AB 418 List of Prohibited Substances
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- 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
California Bill Seeks to Ban Five Chemical Substances from Use in Food Products
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- 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
California Assembly Passes Ban on Chemicals in Processed Food
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- 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
FDA Filed Color Additive Petition Request to Revoke Listing for Use of Titanium Dioxide in Food; Notifies World Trade Organization
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- On May 3, FDA announced that it has filed a color additive petition (CAP 3C0325), submitted by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), the Center for Environmental Health (CEH), the
California Assembly Members Introduce Bill to Ban Certain Color Additives
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- In February 2023, California Assemblymembers Jesse Gabriel and Buffy Wicks introduced legislation (AB 418) that would prohibit the manufacture or distribution In California of foods containing the additives