Eden Villalovas is a breaking news reporter. Eden graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in May 2022, where she served as the managing editor of the Bold.
California has become the first state in the nation to ban four food additives used in consumer goods, including those used in popular candy brands. The bipartisan bill is being praised by lawmakers and environmental groups, but the Food and Drug Administration says it could disrupt the food supply.
Several groups, such as the North American Millers' Association, the National Confectioners Association, and the Consumer Brands Association, have opposed the bill and condemned California for signing it into law. Significant industry players dropped their initial opposition to the bill, including the California Business Roundtable and California Chamber of Commerce. Both groups rescinded their opposition after titanium dioxide was removed from the list of chemicals that lawmakers intended to ban.
In response, Gabriel said, “I think it's total garbage on multiple levels. We have met extensively with industry groups and with opposition – there is not a single industry group or manufacturer of a product that ever once told us that they thought a product would come off the shelf. So if the FDA is purporting to speak on behalf of the industry, that is not something that anybody in the industry ever said to us.
“The EPA and others go back and rereview things more frequently,” Gabriel said. “So we have some of these chemicals that people haven't looked at in 50 years. And as all this new science has come out, it hasn't impacted the FDA.” Gabriel said he is hopeful the California Food Safety Act will “provide some momentum to have a much more robust conversation at the federal level.”
“Over the years, many beverage makers have reformulated their products to replace BVO with an alternative ingredient. Today, few beverages in the U.S. contain BVO,” the FDA says.
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