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Annie’s Pledges to Purge a Class of Chemicals from Its Mac and Cheese
- randycupertino 6y agofrom the article: The economic and practical reality of trying to root out phthalates, which can be found in many parts of the food manufacturing process, could be daunting. The chemicals could enter the food in many places along the supply chain, including at the farm, where flexible plastic tubes carry milk from the barn, or in the making of the cardboard container that holds the noodles. The chemicals tend to collect in foods with a high fat content, such as cheese. Committing to purge phthalates from the manufacturing of one food type raises questions about the chemical content of the myriad other products made with similar flexible plastic equipment. Here's a little more background on the FDA reviewing petitions from consumer health orgs and responses lobbyist group Flexible Vinyl Alliance: http://blogs.edf.org/health/2019/01/29/fda-ortho-phthalates-food-anyones-guess/ http://blogs.edf.org/health/2019/01/29/fda-ortho-phthalates-...