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California’s Food Safety Act (AB 418) bans the inclusion of four food additives propyl paraben, brominated vegetable oil, Red Dye No. 3 and potassium bromate in food and beverages, a landmark state-wide law highlighting the potentially widening gap between state and federal food safety laws. FoodNavigator-USA spoke with Bryan Hitchcock, chief science and technology officer, IFT, and Frank Yiannas, former deputy commissioner, FDA, about the implications of AB 418 on food safety policy.
Advocates for phasing out Red Dye No. 3 and other harmful additives hope these state-based developments will spur the FDA to finally take similar action and respond to a petition requesting the ban of Red Dye No. 3.
California’s Food Safety Act (AB 418) bans the inclusion of four food additives propyl paraben, brominated vegetable oil, Red Dye No. 3 and potassium bromate in food and beverages, a landmark state-wide law highlighting the potentially widening gap between state and federal food safety laws. FoodNavigator-USA spoke with Bryan Hitchcock, chief science and technology officer, IFT, and Frank Yiannas, former deputy commissioner, FDA, about the implications of AB 418 on food safety policy.
California’s Food Safety Act (AB 418) bans the inclusion of four food additives propyl paraben, brominated vegetable oil, Red Dye No. 3 and potassium bromate in food and beverages, a landmark state-wide law highlighting the potentially widening gap between state and federal food safety laws. FoodNavigator-USA spoke with Bryan Hitchcock, chief science and technology officer, IFT, and Frank Yiannas, former deputy commissioner, FDA, about the implications of AB 418 on food safety policy.