UPDATE: The California Food Safety Act, which became law on Oct. 7, 2023, bans four food additives beginning in 2027. Titanium dioxide, which is used in Skittles, is no longer on the list of banned ...

Assembly Bill 418, or AB 418, seeks to prohibit the manufacture, sale or distribution of food products in California containing red dye No. 3, titanium dioxide, potassium bromate, brominated vegetable ...

Update: Update: On Oct. 7 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom signed the California Food Safety Act, the first law in the U.S. to ban four harmful chemicals from being used as additives in foods sold and ...

The lawmaker who proposed a bill to ban chemicals in food like Skittles told Insider he is not trying to ban the products themselves. California Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel said the purpose of AB418 is ...

KANSAS CITY — Differing food safety laws between the European Union and the United States have given US companies a reason to seek alternatives to titanium dioxide, which provides a bright white color ...

Red dye 3 has been banned from use in topical drugs and cosmetics since 1990, when the FDA found that the additive causes cancer in animals. The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) continues to allow red ...