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(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it would revoke the regulation that authorized the use of brominated vegetable oil in food items, effective Aug. 2, as it was no ...
The US Food and Drug Administration will no longer allow the use of brominated vegetable oil in food products, the agency said Tuesday. Brominated vegetable oil (BVO) is vegetable oil modified ...
Brominated vegetable oil is a stabilizer used in citrus-flavored beverages and was previously authorized by the FDA to be used in small amounts of 15 parts per million or lower.
Brominated vegetable oil, or BVO — which contains the flame-retardant bromine — is outlawed in parts of the world including in Europe and in India and Japan.
Brominated vegetable oil (BVO) is a complex mixture of plant-derived triglycerides that have been modified by atoms of the element bromine bonded to the fat molecules. Brominated vegetable oil has been used to help emulsify citrus -flavored beverages, especially soft drinks , preventing them from separating during distribution.
In October, California passed the so-called Skittles Ban, which outlawed some potentially carcinogenic food chemicals: brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben and red dye No. 3.
The FDA has announced a proposal to revoke the nationwide regulation authorizing the use of brominated vegetable oil in food. CNN Wellness medical expert Dr. Leana Wen answers questions about BVO.
The Food and Drug Administration has proposed banning the use of brominated vegetable oil (BVO) as a food additive in the U.S. If the proposal moves forward, the FDA would revoke its regulation ...