BREAKING NEWS (old)

Archived 3/9/2008

28/7/2008 Food Intolerance Network submission on ADHD – FIN has made a submission to the Royal Australian College of Physicians on their draft guidelines on ADHD, which in draft minimize the use the diet and ignore much relevant research.

20/7/2008 On Sue’s recent speaking tour, so many people wanted to buy “the set” (Fed Up, the Failsafe Cookbook & the DVD Fed Up with Children’s Behaviour) that we now have a special offer of $70.00 delivered for all three.

9/7/2008 Artificial colours to come with a warning in Europe: food manufacturers making a product with any of six well-known artificial colours will soon be required to use a warning: "may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children" according to a new ruling by the European Parliament. Companies will have to decide whether to continue to use the additives and suffer the effects the warning might have on sales, or invest in reformulation. Many large companies, such as Cadbury and Nestle, have already made pledges to remove all artificial colourings from their products.

More at http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/news/ng.asp?n=86405&c=96gwzHDi%2FgR4NVbwXIrQPA%3D%3D.

Standard treatment for ADHD – eliminate food additives: the most recent editorial in the British Medical Journal has recommended that a trial eliminating food additives from the diets of hyperactive children should be part of standard treatment – why did it take so long? http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080522210010.htm

Coca-Cola in Britain began withdrawing the controversial preservative sodium benzoate (211) from Diet Coke in January in response to consumer demand for more natural products, but the company has no plans to remove it in Australia - http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23764556-662,00.html

Food sold in South Australian school canteens contains additives banned in several overseas countries, Opposition education spokesman David Pisoni

has claimed (see more about this in our next newsletter) http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23734976-2682,00.html

Strong response to talks tour: Over 3,000 people attended Sue Dengate’s recent talks in a program remarkable for its warm support and increased level of knowledge of food intolerance. Thanks to the many unpaid organizers and in particular to Peta & Vicky (Port Macquarie), Belinda & Bonnie (Wagga Wagga), Sheryl & Jan (Canberra), Debbie & Caroline (Devonport), Lisa (Launceston), Diane (Hobart), Marg & Colleen (Frankston), John (Mornington), Kaz & Kirsty (Warrnambool), Irene, Peter, Adrian & Kathy, and Helen & Chris (Ballarat), Tracey (Mt Gambier), Bronwyn (Adelaide), Korina, Hadyn & Carol (Woy Woy), Erica & Matthew (Castle Hill), Tammy (Ipswich), Ann & family (Brisbane), and Bernadette & Debbie (Maclean).

10/04/2008: The UK's food watchdog, the Food Standards Agency (FSA), is to advise government Ministers to ask manufacturers to bring in a voluntary ban of six artificial food colours from food and drink by 2009. They will also advise Ministers to push for them to be phased out in the rest of the European Union. The colours are Sunset yellow (E110), Quinoline yellow (E104), Carmoisine (E122), Allura red (E129), Tartrazine (E102) and Ponceau 4R (E124) and have been on the Food Intolerance Network’s list of nasties for 15 years. We await action from Australian and New Zealand regulators… http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/103590.php.

More school trial info at http://www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info/factsheets/Factsuccess1.htm http://www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info/factsheets/Factschools.htm

Archived 21/6/2008

19/2/2008 Choice Magazine (Australia) is writing an article on food additives and is seeking people to contribute: http://www.choice.com.au/viewCalc.aspx?id=106153&catId=100272&tid=100040&p=1 - What additives most concern you? Do you avoid buying certain products because of the additives they contain? Does a 'free from artificial colours and preservatives' claim influence what product you buy?

Latest Failsafe Newsletter January – March 2008 on-line or as pdf (16 pages)

Food Intolerance brochure now In Dutch (thanks Peter) In French (thanks Ariane) In Italian (thanks Helen) In Portuguese (thanks Carla) In Spanish (thanks Daniela) In Nepali (thanks Sunita) In USA (thanks failsafeUSA members)

Archived 11/04/2008

Thursday, 21 February at 6.00pm - An evening with Sue Dengate at Muffledux bookstore in Sydney. This event is free but booking essential: info@muffledux.com.au ph (02) 9664 9644, 211 Clovelly Road, Clovelly, NSW, http://www.muffledux.com.au/content/view/24/60/

In the UK there is great consumer action on banning food colours - http://www.actiononadditives.com/.

30/01/2008 New factsheet: Joint pain, arthritis and diet

Archived 15/02/2008

31/01/2008 All artificial colourings in food and soft drinks should be banned, according to a UK parliamentary committee researching the effect of diet on the brain: “the Food Standards Agency should be taking a tougher line on E-numbers and additives, which some studies suggest may over-stimulate children's brains and make them hyperactive.” And in Australia and New Zealand? The usual silence from those who claim to protect us. http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/jan/31/health.foodanddrink1

**WARNING** 29/01/2008 Consumers have been warned to moderate their intake of vegetable chips and crackers made from cassava after tests revealed questionable levels of naturally occurring cyanide. Cassava can be harmful when consumed in large quantities, particularly by small children. Symptoms include difficulty breathing, dizziness, headaches, stomach pains, vomiting and diarrhoea, while mental confusion, twitching and convulsions can occur in severe cases. http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=285528

17/12/2007 Food additives making our kids sick http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22933523-5014717,00.html

13/12/2007 The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has put together a special working group to provide EU members with scientific advice on the effects of food additives on behaviour by the end of February. The move follows publication of a study conducted by the University of Southampton which suggested a link between mixtures of certain food colours and the preservative sodium benzoate and hyperactivity in children. More details at http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/news/printNewsBis.asp?id=82028

6/12/07 Still no action from FSANZ, the Australian and New Zealand food regulators, on the University of Southampton results published in the Lancet in September 2007. In the UK their Food Standards Authority is driving industry and industry has responded, but in Australia and NZ the silence we have come to expect. Here’s the Food Commission website doing something about it in the UK: www.actiononadditives.com

Latest Failsafe Newsletter # 54 October – December 2007 now available, featuring the Australian federal election and the new International Registry of Food Additive Reactions (IRFAR).

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