{"id":4115,"date":"2023-09-14T17:59:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T17:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fitadelphia.com\/?p=4115"},"modified":"2023-09-14T17:59:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T17:59:04","slug":"california-skittles-ban-advances-to-governors-desk-heres-what-it-means-for-consumers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fitadelphia.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/14\/california-skittles-ban-advances-to-governors-desk-heres-what-it-means-for-consumers\/","title":{"rendered":"California ‘Skittles Ban’ Advances to Governor’s Desk, Here’s What It Means for Consumers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lawmakers believe it could have a ripple effect across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The California Food Safety Act, a bill that will ban some food additives found in popular packaged snacks, is one step closer to becoming a reality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Tuesday, California lawmakers voted and passed the bill, which is now on its way to the state\u2019s Governor, Gavin Newsom. If passed, the bill will go into effect in 2027 and bar ingredients, which are already banned in other nations for their potential health hazards, from being added to candies like Skittles.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to The Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/a>, if passed, the bill would ban both the manufacture and sale of brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben, and red dye No. 3. The first three are all outright banned across Europe, while red dye No. 3 is only permitted for use in candied and cocktail cherries on the continent, according to CNET<\/a>. The Food and Drug Administration banned the use of red dye No. 3<\/a> in cosmetics in the early \u201890s after lab testing showed it cause cancer<\/a> in mice. If companies continue to use these chemicals, they will be fined $5,000 for the first offense and up to $10,000 for every subsequent offense, the bill states. The original bill included banning titanium dioxide<\/a>, but it has since been taken out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related: California Lawmaker Proposes Ban on Skittles<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We know they are harmful and that children are likely being exposed at a much higher rate than adults,\u201d Susan Little, senior advocate for California government affairs at the activist organization Environmental Working Group, shared with CNET. \u201cIt makes no sense that the same products food manufacturers sell in California are sold in the EU but without these toxic chemicals. Our kids need to be protected, too.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it appears California lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are attempting to do just that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cToday\u2019s bipartisan vote marks a huge step forward in our effort to protect children and families in California from dangerous and toxic chemicals in our food supply,\u201d Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel (D-Woodland Hills), who co-sponsored the bill, shared in a release. \u201cIt\u2019s unacceptable that the U.S. is so far behind the rest of the world when it comes to food safety.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabriel made it clear that the bill is not an attack on any one particular snack \u2014 especially Skittles, a candy that has become the face of the bill and one that the lawmaker says he still heartily enjoys. As he told The Times<\/em>, \u201cI love Skittles. I love Wild Berry Skittles. I eat them all the time,\u201d adding, \u201cI would vote against a bill to ban Skittles.\u201d What he does want, however, is for companies to change their recipes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019re really trying to get them to do is to change their recipes,\u201d Gabriel told The Times<\/em> in a previous interview. \u201cAll of these are nonessential ingredients.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to make our food supply much safer,\u201d Gabriel additionally told NBC<\/a>, noting the bill could have great unintended consequences for the entire nation, as manufacturers would likely not tailor their product just for California, making food safer for all. \u201cIt\u2019s going to give parents more confidence that when they\u2019re buying foods at the grocery store, they don\u2019t have to worry that there\u2019s something in there that\u2019s dangerous for their kids.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newsom has until October 14, 2023, to consider signing the bill into law. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Read the original article on Food & Wine<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lawmakers believe it could have a ripple effect across the country. The California Food Safety Act, a bill that will ban some food additives found in popular packaged snacks, is one step closer to becoming a reality.  On Tuesday, California lawmakers voted and passed the bill, which is now on its way to the state\u2019s<\/p>\n

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