FDA Ban On Flavoring Ingredients Should Prompt Removal From Fragrances - WVE

Five recently-banned food additives have been targeted by NGO Women’s Voices for the Earth (WVE) for removal in fragrances found in personal care items. Despite their ban as food additives, the FDA claims that these synthetic flavorings pose no safety issue. Find out more about this controversy, which also calls into question the safety standards of the International Fragrance Association (and its scientific branch, the Research Institute for Fragrance Materials), as well as current proposed legislation on an FDA update to cosmetics regulations.