Today I discovered two great Food and Drug Administration (FDA) YouTube videos!
Both videos teach you the ins-and-outs of food selection, storage, and preparation. The first video involves fruits and veggies, while the second video is all about fish.
The Center For Science In The Public Interest has great information on legal and banned food additives. I just recently came across this brilliant list of banned food additives on their website and had to share it!!
The list is quite long, so I’m giving you a little snippet below, for the full list click on the picture above!!!
| Additive |
Function |
Natural or Synthetic |
Year Banned |
Problem |
| Orange B | artificial coloring | synthetic | 1978 (ban never finalized) | Contained low levels of a cancer-causing contaminant. Orange B was used only in sausage casings to color sausages, but is no longer used in the United States. |
| Red 1, 2 | artificial coloring | synthetic | 1961, 1976 | Liver cancer, possible carcinogen |
| Red 4 | artificial coloring | synthetic | 1976 | High levels damaged adrenal cortex of dog; after 1965 it was used only in maraschino cherries and certain pills; it is still allowed in externally applied drugs and cosmetics. |
| Red 32 | artificial coloring | synthetic | 1956 | Damages internal organs and may be a weak carcinogen; since 1956 it continues to be used under the name Citrus Red 2 only to color oranges (2 ppm). |
| Yellow 1 & 2 | artificial coloring | synthetic | 1959 | Intestinal lesions at high dosages. |
| cobalt salts | stabilize beer foam | synthetic | 1966 | Toxic effects on heart |
| diethyl pyrocarbonate (DEPC) | preservative (beverages) | synthetic | 1972 | Combines with ammonia to form urethane, a carcinogen |
| ethylene glycol | solvent | synthetic | 1998 | Kidney damage |
| oil of calamus | flavoring | root of calamus | 1968 | Intestinal cancer |
|
safrole |
flavoring (root beer) | sassafras | 1960 |
Liver cancer |
