UPDATE: California Governor Gavin Newsom signed The California Food Safety Act (Bill 418) on October 7, 2023. The law bans four food additives commonly found in processed foods but the food chemical nanoparticle titanium dioxide, declared “unsafe” by Europe in 2021, is no longer included in the ban. The ban on four chemical additives (Food Dye Red No. 3, Potassium Bromate, Brominated Vegetable Oil (BVO) and Propylparaben) in food goes into effect Jan. 1, 2027.
The legislature in California voted 65-6 in favor of the California Food Safety Act, which would ban the sale of food and drinks in California that contain Red No. 3, potassium bromate, brominated vegetable oil (BVO) and propylparaben.
The California Food Safety Act (Bill No. 418) originated in California’s House of Representatives and included the banning of titanium dioxide, but the Senate amended the bill and removed titanium dioxide from the banned additives list.
The bill would prohibit a person or entity from manufacturing, selling, delivering, distributing, holding or offering for sale in commerce a food product for human consumption that contains any of the four banned food additives. A violation would be punishable by a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for a first violation and not to exceed $10,000 for each subsequent.
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