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Urgent warning over banned American candy 'flooding' UK shops, posing potential cancer risks

Parents have been warned shops are responding to massive demand among young people for imported American sweets that are banned in Britian due to having ingredients linked to health hazards.

Source: Cubes | 

04.12.2024, 16:24

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Brits have been warned that hundreds of thousands of sweets, snacks and fizzy drinks on corner shop shelves could contain banned additives linked to behavioural problems and even some cancers.

The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) issued an alert following their recent audit that identified 4,000 potentially harmful items worth £8,500 confiscated in Staffordshire alone. 

The concern relates to imported American treats that contain potentially hazardous or undeclared ingredients, demand for which is said to be soaring due to videos celebrating the items posted on TikTok. 

The CTSI investigation discovered widespread sale of crisps containing the additive 'Yellow 6' - a synthetic food dye restricted in Britian. 

In the UK, products containing this substance, also called 'sunset yellow' or 'E110', must carry a disclaimer stating the products can cause hyperactivity in children.  

Another concerning chemical found was the preservative EDTA, which is found in the US version of Mountain Dew, but banned entirely in fizzy drinks in the UK.

Also called calcium disodium, studies of this compound have revealed links to fertility problems as well as the development of colon cancers. 

Carrageenan, a thickener made from red seaweed, was also found in a number of jelly candies. 

Though The Chartered Trading Standards Institute didn't name any of the products which had been confiscated directly, images show items like crisps brand Cheetos, sweets like Jolly Ranchers, Swedish Fish, Lemonheads and Twizzlers as well as various flavours of the soft drink Mountain Dew among those seized by authorities

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