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Hershey's Gummies Banned in UK

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Why Jolly Ranchers Are Banned in the UK but Not the US

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Four products from The Hershey Company's Jolly Rancher brand contain mineral oil hydrocarbons banned from food in the UK .

The FSA has branded consumption of these sweets a “toxicological concern” MOSH have been found to accumulate in the tissue of certain species of lab rats, causing adverse effects in the liver.

But in the US , MOAH remain permitted by the Food and Drug Administration .

In the US compounds are generally permitted as safe to eat until proven otherwise.

Butylated hydroxytoluene ( BHT ) and BHA (BHA) are exempt from FDA regulations through the GRAS loophole.

In January , the FDA announced a nationwide ban on Red 3 , a food dye that turns candy scarlet.

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