stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 7 months agoImported US sweets with illegal ingredients seizedwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1303arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1300arrow-down1external-linkImported US sweets with illegal ingredients seizedwww.bbc.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square91fedilinkfile-text
Jolly Ranchers and Mountain Dew are advertised on TikTok and Instagram but contain products banned in the UK.
minus-squaregirlfreddy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months agoI’ve added the previous paragraph. If you need more info please read the article. In one raid in Burton-upon-Trent, over £300 worth of banned confectionary was found in a local corner shop. They included Jolly Ranchers hard sweets containing mineral oil, which if contaminated with other compounds can initiate cancer formations.
minus-squaredeft@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months agoOkay but no UK laws I find list mineral oil as banned. It is liquid parrafin, you can buy that in the UK.
I’ve added the previous paragraph.
If you need more info please read the article.
Okay but no UK laws I find list mineral oil as banned. It is liquid parrafin, you can buy that in the UK.