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FSA revises advice on coloursResearch commissioned by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and carried out by Southampton University has suggested that eating or drinking certain mixes of certain artificial food colours together with the preservative sodium benzoate could have negative effect on children's behaviour. As a result, FSA is advising parents of children showing signs of hyperactivity that cutting these colours from their diets might have a beneficial effect.The colours in question are Sunset yellow (E110, Quinoline yellow (E104), Carmoisine (E122), Allura red (E129), Tartrazine (E102), Ponceau 4R (E124) and Sodium benzonate (E211). Initial meetings with the food industry have been held and the report has been forwarded to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for consideration. EFSA has since confirmed that the study will be taken into consideration by its AFC Panel on additives, flavourings, processing aids and materials in contact with food, as part of its current safety review.EFSA has now said that it will prioritise its own review of these colours, and expects to complete its assessment by January 2008, and has asked FSA for further information to enable its Panel to '… assess the implications of the findings and their relevance for drawing definitive conclusions on cause and effect and the possible role of particular colours.'In the meantime, following a recent open meeting, the FSA Board has expressed its '…astonishment that industry has not moved more quickly to remove these artificial colours from their products, in the light of serious concerns raised by consumers.'See what's new at AOL.com and Make AOL Your Homepage.

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Please provide the link for the article. It would be greatly appreciated. Thankszatitie wrote: FSA revises advice on coloursResearch commissioned by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and carried out by Southampton University has suggested that eating or drinking certain mixes of certain artificial food colours together with the preservative sodium benzoate could have negative effect on children's behaviour. As a result, FSA is advising parents of children showing signs of

hyperactivity that cutting these colours from their diets might have a beneficial effect.The colours in question are Sunset yellow (E110, Quinoline yellow (E104), Carmoisine (E122), Allura red (E129), Tartrazine (E102), Ponceau 4R (E124) and Sodium benzonate (E211). Initial meetings with the food industry have been held and the report has been forwarded to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for consideration. EFSA has since confirmed that the study will be taken into consideration by its AFC Panel on additives, flavourings, processing aids and materials in contact with food, as part of its current safety review.EFSA has now said that it will prioritise its own review of these colours, and expects to complete its assessment by January 2008, and has asked FSA for further information to enable its Panel to '… assess the implications of the findings and their relevance for drawing definitive conclusions on cause and effect and the possible role of

particular colours.'In the meantime, following a recent open meeting, the FSA Board has expressed its '…astonishment that industry has not moved more quickly to remove these artificial colours from their products, in the light of serious concerns raised by consumers.' See what's new at AOL.com and Make AOL Your Homepage.