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FSA urges EC additive ban
By Melanie Defries,
Nursery World,
16 April 2008
A ban on additives linked to hyperactive behaviour in children should be put in place throughout Europe, the Food Standards Agency said last Thursday (10 April).
At an FSA board meeting, members agreed to advise ministers to lobby for an EU-wide ban on the additives and have called for food manufacturers in the UK to remove them voluntarily by 2009. The meeting took place to discuss research published by the university of Southampton in September, which found a direct link between certain artificial food colourings and preservatives and behavioural problems. In March, the European Food Safety Authority claimed the Southampton...
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