Newsom signs bill to make California first state in nation to ban "toxic" food additives
Newsom signs bill to make California first state in nation to ban "toxic" food additives
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed the nation's first law banning four "toxic" chemical food additives found in popular drinks, baked goods, candy and snacks.
California became the first state in the nation to prohibit four food additives found in popular cereal, soda, candy and drinks after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a ban on them Saturday.
The California Food Safety Act will ban the manufacture, sale or distribution of brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben and red dye No. 3 — potentially affecting 12,000 products that use those substances, according to the Environmental Working Group.
The legislation was popularly known as the “Skittles ban” because an earlier version also targeted titanium dioxide, used as a coloring agent in candies including Skittles, Starburst and Sour Patch Kids, according to the Environmental Working Group. But the measure, Assembly Bill 418, was amended in September to remove mention of the substance.
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The law will take effect Jan. 1, 2027, and impose fines of up to $10,000 for violations.
Start stockpiling your “original peeps” now
mexican coke
texan peepsIs Mexican Coca-Cola banned for any specific reason?
not banned but different because it uses cane sugar rather than high fructose corn syrup afaik… its much cheaper to produce corn syrup in the US because there’s big farming subsidies
Does that go for the nice green easily recyclable glass bottle and caps as well?