stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agoImported US sweets with illegal ingredients seizedwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square87fedilinkarrow-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-up15·11 months agoMight be red 40. Colouring agents are highly regulated in the eu. Maybe the mineral oil.
minus-squarekwirky@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-211 months 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.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·11 months 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-up3·11 months agoI get crazy diarrhea. Looks like straight up blood spray.
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