EU: Food with artificial colouring to carry warning

www.just-food.com | Aug 14, 2008

Food and drinks containing certain artificial colourings will have to carry warnings, under a proposed EU deal.

http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?ID=103446

How banning artificial food additives would impact chemical industry

www.icis.com | Apr 28, 2008

Campaigners blame artificial food additives for poor health and behavioral problems.

http://www.icis.com/Articles/2008/04/28/9118968/how-banning-artificial-food-additives-would-impact-chemical-industry.html

Europe-wide call for food colour ban

news.icm.ac.uk | Apr 11, 2008

The UK Food Standards Agency has called for a ban on the use of six artificial colourings in thousands of food and drink products, amid concerns they cause health problems and hyperactivity in children.

http://news.icm.ac.uk/business/retail/europe-wide-call-for-food-colour-ban/

Red light for food colourings

news.scotsman.com | Apr 11, 2008

Red light for food colourings - COLOURINGS linked to hyperactivity in children should be removed by next year, the food safety watchdog has recommended.

http://news.scotsman.com/health/Red-light-for-food-colourings.3972288.jp

Food and Drink Federation: News > Hot Issues > Additives

Additives are substances added during the processing of food, and in very small quantities, to help maintain the quality of the finished product. Additives are not a recent invention – for example, preservatives such as Saltpetre have been in use since the Middle Ages.

http://www.fdf.org.uk/hot_issue_additives.aspx

Food Colors

www.inchema-usa.com

FOOD COLORS PRIMARY COLOURS: ALLURA RED AMARANTH BRILLIANT BLUE FCF BETA-CAROTENE BIBERRY EXTRACT CABBAGE RED CARMOISINE CARTHAMUS YELLOW CHILLIN CAPSAICIN EXTRACT CHOCOLATE BROWN ERYTHROSINE FAST RED E GREEN S GARDINIA BLUE / YELLOW / GREEN INDIGO CARMINE PATENT BLUE V PONCEAU 4R QUINOLINE YELLOW

http://www.inchema-usa.com/food_colors.htm

Print Solutions Magazine

Bob Lettieri, a retired forms salesman, handed out more than $5,000 worth of classic Bazooka bubblegum a year to prospects, clients and strangers, until manufacturer Topps Company changed the gum’s recipe and packaging.

http://www.formmag.com/issues/november06/offhours.htm

E numbers: The food industry shows its true colours

www.labplusinternational.com

It is common practice for the food industry to use artificial additives, in the form of colourings, antioxidants, sweeteners, flavour enhancers, emulsifiers and stabilisers in its products.

http://www.labplusinternational.com/index.php?id=2079