More EU banned stuff...

[chal]

Please keep the demarcation lines. If I wanted to read Daily Mail xenophobic rubbish I'd buy it.

Hear hear!

(or perhaps we should go back to putting soot in cocoa and arsenic in green dye)

 

[pappaecho]

Dont hold your breath. Before we joined the EU, Tartrazine was a banned substance in Uk and Canada and the US, because it causes hyperactivity in kids. Once we joined the EEC it became unbanned and therefore "safe"even with its own EU number. It is of course still banned in Canada and the US

 

[JumbleDuck]

Tartrazine ... is of course still banned in Canada and the US

Tartrazine is legal in both the the US and Canada, as long as it is declared on the packaging.

 

[andygc]

Tartrazine is legal in both the the US and Canada, as long as it is declared on the packaging.

... and this thread starts with similar misinformation to that which you have corrected - the list linked to is of chemicals on the candidate list for inclusion in the authorisation list, which is a list of chemicals requiring authorisation for use. They aren't banned, but their use is regulated - and rightly so.

 

[Modulation]

But none of your logic will make any difference. Moronic EU bashers will still pop up regularly with their half baked factoids.

... and this thread starts with similar misinformation to that which you have corrected - the list linked to is of chemicals on the candidate list for inclusion in the authorisation list, which is a list of chemicals requiring authorisation for use. They aren't banned, but their use is regulated - and rightly so.