Hong Kong sellers should be informed that the European Commission is seeking feedback from interested parties on a proposed Regulation designed to prohibit BPA in food contact materials including plastic and coated packaging. The draft legal text notes that BPA is used in the manufacture of certain ...
"Red 3 is banned for food use in Europe, Australia and New Zealand except in certain kinds of cherries. The dye will be banned in California starting in January 2027, and lawmakers in Tennessee, Arkansas and Indiana have filed proposals to limit certain dyes, particularly from foods offered ...
France was the first country that banned food outlets from disposing food (Bryant, 2016). For instance, in February 2016 a law stated (Bryant, 2016) that the stores which dispose their unsold products instead of giving it away will be fined (≤€ 75,000) (EEB, 2017). In response, supe...
The illegal use of banned or unapproved substances used as additives, such as boric acid and certain textile dyes, continues to be a problem in many developing countries. In some cases, the use of unapproved substance in a product that is in turn used as an ingredient in other food may re...
The NGO claimed that of the fiveinternationally banned pesticides, four were found to becommon in vegetables sold here. The move had come after some NGOs submitted survey reports that vegetables and fruits sold in the city's markets containpoisons capable of cau...
In 2022, compulsory guidelines were introduced to phase out battery cages by 2036. Compare this woefully unambitious target with Europe, where battery cages have been banned since 2012. Today, just two ‘farms’ (companies) produce nearly 70% of eggs sold in Australia – Sunny Queen and Pace...
Three neonicotinoids, thiamethoxam, clothianidin and imidacloprid, were banned from use on flowering crops such as corn, oilseed rape and sunflowers in the European Union (EU) in 2013 for 2 years because of this unacceptable risk to bees [19]. In the spring of 2018, a majority of EU member...
in health and environment. The reality is that GMOs have been around for about a decade and a half, and they are here to stay. There is currently no sign that they would be banned from the Earth, especially since genetic engineered traits have been found outside of farm fields, as I ...
in the 20th century. Red and Orange Cadmiums were strong and clean shades and were much more lightfast than Cinnabar but were also banned in automotive paints due to their inherent toxicity when inhaled or ingested. There are several different types of cancer that have been traced to cadmium ...
Decision on dimethylfumarate (DMF) 2009/251/ECAs of 1 May 2009, all consumer products containing DMF are banned (maximum limit: 0.1mg DMF per kg of product or part of the product) Council Directive concerning products which, appearing to be other than they are, endanger the health or safety...