The FDA has announced a ban on brominated vegetable oil. Here's what to know about the harmful food additive BVO and why it's now illegal for use in the US.
Brominated vegetable oil was recently banned in California. As the FDA considers a national BVO ban, here's what to know about the harmful food additive.
The undersigned strongly support the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s proposed rule to strengthen nutrition standards consistent with the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (“Child Nutrition Programs: Revisions to Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans”). We must preserve and build on the progress schools and the food industry have made over the past decade to meet science-based nutrition standards. These improvements are an amazing success story and one of the most important public health achievements in a generation.
Contradictory and headline-grabbing information about nutrition can lead to confusion about what to eat. Some of this confusion could be reined in by improving coordination and increasing investment in nutrition research. The second-ever White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, set to take place later this month, is an opportunity to advance those goals.
Government AccountabilityStephanie Rogus, PhD, RDN, Peter Lurie, MD, MPH
