United Kingdom food additive management emphasis on scientific evidence and information transparency
United Kingdom in recent years on the relations between pigment and ADHD in children for extensive discussion. Can be seen from the approach to the problem, United Kingdom food additive management with emphasis on scientific evidence and transparency characteristics.
Xinhua London, April 27 (reporter Huang 堃) United Kingdom in recent years on the relations between pigment and ADHD in children for extensive discussion. Can be seen from the approach to the problem, United Kingdom food additive management with emphasis on scientific evidence and transparency characteristics.
after entering the 21st century, United Kingdom has doubts exist the link between food additives and hyperactivity in children. To answer this question, United Kingdom food standards agency to seek scientific evidence first commissioned the United Kingdom related research at the University of Southampton.
This University researchers published in 2007 in the medical journal the Lancet report found that sunset yellow pigment will increase the risk of children suffering from ADHD. However, the European food safety authority in response to this report published after the audit opinion, this study provides limited evidence, not enough correlation between pigment and ADHD in children there is a significant causal relationship, therefore cannot prevent food industry use these pigments.
in the case of scientific evidence is not yet perfect, United Kingdom food standards agency has taken a very transparent way. Food standards agency public describes the different institutions in different views on this issue. In addition, the food standards agency has established a voluntary disabling of these pigments food list. Food producers if you want to avoid these pigment possible health risks, may voluntarily choose to disable these pigments, added to the list.
food standards agency on this event-handling methods concluded that security is a requirement for all food additives, but when the safety of food additives when there is uncertainty, information should be open and transparent so that consumers have the right and the right to choose, enabling the public to grasp in his own hands health.
