Food ingredient bans in the European Union

Bans · 13

• Potassium bromateNot an authorised food additive.
• Azodicarbonamide (ADA)Not authorised. Also banned in food-contact plastics since 2005.
• Titanium dioxideBanned since 7 Aug 2022 (Regulation 2022/63).
• PropylparabenRemoved in 2006 by Directive 2006/52/EC.
• Citrus Red No. 2Not authorised.
• OlestraNever approved.
• RactopamineBanned in production and imports.
• rBST / rBGHBanned since 1990.
• Growth hormones in beefDirective 96/22/EC, made permanent for oestradiol by 2003/74/EC.
• Chemical washes on poultryImports of treated poultry blocked since 1997.
• ParaquatBanned 2007 after a court annulled its approval.
• AtrazineNot approved since 2004.
• ChlorpyrifosApproval not renewed in 2020. Not re-checked in this pass.

Restricts · 2

• Erythrosine (Red No. 3)Allowed only in cocktail and candied cherries.
• GM crop cultivationVery few crops approved for cultivation; member states can opt out.

Allows · 1

• TBHQPermitted as E319 with limits.

Not verified yet · 0

None in this dataset.