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https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/nu...40eaac91441b3ac19bf2fb09241ec&ei=137#image=12
the bill isn't to 'ban' the sales of, for example, Skittles, but to force the manufacturers to better protect those consuming the products in the U.S
the bill isn't to 'ban' the sales of, for example, Skittles, but to force the manufacturers to better protect those consuming the products in the U.S
Jesse Gabriel, a Democratic state Assemblyman for Calfironia who introduced the new bill, believes the new laws will help protect the state's children.
"Californians shouldn’t have to worry that the food they buy in their neighborhood grocery store might be full of dangerous additives or toxic chemicals," Gabriel said in a news release. "This bill will correct for a concerning lack of federal oversight and help protect our kids, public health, and the safety of our food supply."
Susan Little, the Environmental Working Group’s Governmental Affairs Senior Advocate for California, questioned why such chemicals were ever in food in the first place.
"Why are these toxic chemicals in our food?” said Little in a statement.
Little went on to explain that the same snacks are sold in places in Europe and the UK, yet they contain none of the ingredients set to be banned by California.
"We know they are harmful and that children are likely eating more of these chemicals than adults. It makes no sense that the same products food manufacturers sell in California are sold in the EU but without these toxic chemicals,” she said.