Thanks to a report published last month by the Center for Public Integrity, word is starting to spread about yet another danger present in processed foods: flavor additives that have not been approved by the
government – only by a panel funded by the companies that make the additives.
It’s quite shocking to learn how food additives get approved. The group responsible for verifying the safety of new flavor additives is the Flavor and Extract Manufacturer’s Association, or FEMA, a trade group that, according to
the Center of Public Integrity, has no in-house employees of its own, but that represents dozens of artificial flavor manufacturers. The association is managed by a Washington, D.C. based consulting firm that also helps run similar trade organizations, such as the International Association of Color Manufacturers.
FEMA’s
member companies send their new additives to a panel of FEMA scientists for safety approval. Then, if that panel decides that the new additives are safe, food companies can simply start adding them to food.
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