Current:Home > ContactFDA bans ingredient found in some citrus-flavored sodas -Thrive Success Strategies
FDA bans ingredient found in some citrus-flavored sodas
View
Date:2025-04-16 06:38:53
Food and beverage makers will no longer be allowed to use brominated vegetable oil as an ingredient in their products, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday.
Modified with the chemical bromine and used to keep flavoring from floating to the top of citrus drinks, brominated vegetable oil (BVO) in food is no longer considered safe, the regulatory agency said in a statement.
The rule takes effect on Aug. 2, 2024, with manufacturers given another year to reformulate, relabel and deplete their inventories of BVO-containing products before the agency starts enforcing its ban, the FDA said.
People should continue checking the ingredients listed on products to "avoid BVO, as some older stock may still be in circulation," the Center for Science in the Public Interest said in a statement declaring the national ban to be long overdue but necessary.
The substance that helps blend liquids is used in about 70 sodas and beverages, most of them vibrantly colored and citrus-flavored, according to Consumer Reports, citing a database maintained by the Environmental Working Group (EWG).
The FDA announced its ban eight months after the agency proposed it, citing studies on animals that showed the ingredient may have adverse health effects in humans.
The FDA determined in 1970 that BVO was not generally recognized as safe, with many beverage makers in the ensuing decades swapping out the ingredient with alternatives. As things stand, few beverages in the U.S. today contain BVO, according to the agency.
A spokesperson for Keurig Dr Pepper told CBS MoneyWatch in November that the beverage maker was reformulating its Sun Drop soda to no longer include the ingredient.
"Toxic additives like BVO that have been shown to pose toxic risks to the thyroid and other chronic health problems should not be allowed in our food," Brian Ronholm, director of food policy at Consumer Reports said in a statement. "We're encouraged that the FDA has re-examined recent studies documenting the health risks posed by BVO and is taking action to prohibit its use."
Already banned for use in food in most European countries, BVO was among four food additives banned by California in October.
Kate GibsonKate Gibson is a reporter for CBS MoneyWatch in New York, where she covers business and consumer finance.
veryGood! (339)
Related
- Apple iOS 18.2: What to know about top features, including Genmoji, AI updates
- Back-to-school shopping 2024 sales tax holidays: See which 17 states offer them.
- Photos capture fallout of global tech outage at airports, stores, Disneyland, more
- 'Brat summer' is upon us. What does that even mean?
- Bill Belichick's salary at North Carolina: School releases football coach's contract details
- NASA beams Missy Elliott song to Venus
- Shane Lowry keeps calm and carries British Open lead at Troon
- Trail on trial: To York leaders, it’s a dream. To neighbors, it’s something else
- Biden administration makes final diplomatic push for stability across a turbulent Mideast
- Twisters' Daisy Edgar Jones Ended Up in Ambulance After Smoking Weed
Ranking
- Nearly half of US teens are online ‘constantly,’ Pew report finds
- Social media content creator Aanvi Kamdar dies in fall at India's poplar Kumbhe waterfall
- How Simone Biles kicked down the door for Team USA Olympians to discuss mental health
- DOJ says Texas company employees sexually abused migrant children in their care
- Juan Soto praise of Mets' future a tough sight for Yankees, but World Series goal remains
- Biden pushes party unity as he resists calls to step aside, says he’ll return to campaign next week
- Indianapolis anti-violence activist is fatally shot in vehicle
- A voter ID initiative gets approval to appear on the November ballot in Nevada
Recommendation
What do we know about the mysterious drones reported flying over New Jersey?
Member of eBay security team sentenced in harassment scheme involving bloody Halloween pig mask
5 people, including 4 children, killed in Alabama shooting
Jacksonville Jaguars sue imprisoned ex-employee over multimillion-dollar theft from team
Megan Fox's ex Brian Austin Green tells Machine Gun Kelly to 'grow up'
Lawsuit filed over Alabama law that blocks more people with felony convictions from voting
Kate Hudson Admits She and Costar Matthew McConaughey Don't Wear Deodorant in TMI Confession
Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week