Food industry response to EFSA opinion on additives research
[2008-4-2]
“EFSA has conducted a thorough analysis of the Southampton study, and it will take time for us to digest the details of its opinion. However the UK food and drink manufacturing industry has for a number of years been responding to consumers’ demands for fewer artificial additives in food and drinks. Our members have been reducing the use of the colours highlighted in the study and there is now a wide range of food and drinks on supermarket shelves that contain no artificial colours (2).
“Independent research from Mintel demonstrates the scale of the trend by industry to move away from artificial additives, with 24% of all new food and drink products launched onto the market in the first half of 2007 alone containing no artificial additives.
“Last month FDF co-hosted with the FSA a successful technical symposium on additives for smaller companies, at which they could hear first hand the technical and regulatory issues around changing or reducing artificial colours in products.
“Neither the EFSA opinion nor the Southampton study suggested the safety of the colours researched were in question. Food additives are strictly regulated under European law and any additive must be approved as safe by the appropriate European scientific committee (now EFSA) before they can be used in food and drinks. Manufacturers must also label the additives they use in their products, so consumers wishing to avoid certain ingredients can do so by looking at the food label.”
“Independent research from Mintel demonstrates the scale of the trend by industry to move away from artificial additives, with 24% of all new food and drink products launched onto the market in the first half of 2007 alone containing no artificial additives.
“Last month FDF co-hosted with the FSA a successful technical symposium on additives for smaller companies, at which they could hear first hand the technical and regulatory issues around changing or reducing artificial colours in products.
“Neither the EFSA opinion nor the Southampton study suggested the safety of the colours researched were in question. Food additives are strictly regulated under European law and any additive must be approved as safe by the appropriate European scientific committee (now EFSA) before they can be used in food and drinks. Manufacturers must also label the additives they use in their products, so consumers wishing to avoid certain ingredients can do so by looking at the food label.”
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