stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 2 years agoImported US sweets with illegal ingredients seizedwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square89linkfedilinkarrow-up1303arrow-down13file-text
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Jolly Ranchers and Mountain Dew are advertised on TikTok and Instagram but contain products banned in the UK.
minus-squarecucumber_sandwich@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 years agoMight be red 40. Colouring agents are highly regulated in the eu. Maybe the mineral oil.
minus-squarekwirky@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 years agoYeah, it’s the red 40: https://www.commodious.co.uk/knowledge-bank/food-safety/food-additives Edit: you’re likely right about the mineral oil too: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1966/1073/body/made?view=plain#:~:text=Prohibition of mineral hydrocarbon in food&text=(b)no person shall sell,food containing any mineral hydrocarbon.
minus-squarePlasmaDistortion@lemm.eedeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 years agoAnd being allergic to Red 40 sucks. It causes severe breathing issues for me. I developed the allergy later in my 20’s, probably from eating it too much.
minus-square5in1k@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoI get crazy diarrhea. Looks like straight up blood spray.
minus-squarePlasmaDistortion@lemm.eedeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoYou win
Might be red 40. Colouring agents are highly regulated in the eu. Maybe the mineral oil.
Yeah, it’s the red 40: https://www.commodious.co.uk/knowledge-bank/food-safety/food-additives
Edit: you’re likely right about the mineral oil too: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1966/1073/body/made?view=plain#:~:text=Prohibition of mineral hydrocarbon in food&text=(b)no person shall sell,food containing any mineral hydrocarbon.
And being allergic to Red 40 sucks. It causes severe breathing issues for me. I developed the allergy later in my 20’s, probably from eating it too much.
I get crazy diarrhea. Looks like straight up blood spray.
You win