Comment by TheAceOfHearts
1 year ago
I wish you could buy foods without added coloring agents in general. I'm allergic to red 40 and that's found in tons of candy, drinks, and foods. Can't say I've noticed red 3 very often, although I don't eat candy regularly anymore.
Speaking of banning coloring agents, I've read that Europe bans a few colors that are still used in the US. I wish we had more cross-country regulatory agency communications and accountability. Shouldn't both the EU and US regulatory agencies converge upon roughly the same chemical bans after a while? Surely one of the two regulatory bodies has to be most correct?
They follow two different philosophies: EU bans until proven safe, whereas US bans when found dangerous.
Consequently EU rules will be safer.
I think this is a misunderstanding. The EU bans if there is a possible hazard; the US bans based on calculated risk. While it’s possible (but unlikely) there could be cases in which the EU rules are safer, the EU rules also result in harmful, expensive absurdities such as banning GMOs.
There isn't an EU-wide GMO ban, just regulations around import, labelling, isolation distances between GMO and non-GMO crops. Individual EU countries have opted to entirely ban GMOs, but that's another thing entirely.