/>i- On August 30, 2024, Health Canada announced that it had removed brominated vegetable oil (BVO) from its “list of permitted food additives with other accepted uses,” but that in the absence of an acute health risk, industry will have until August 30, 2025 (1 year) to come into compliance.
- This decision will not come as a surprise to our readers as earlier this year we reported on Health Canada’s proposal to revoke the BVO authorization, as well as FDA’s final rule revoking the authorization for BVO. FDA also has allowed for a 1-year transition period, with implementation beginning on August 2, 2025. California has also adopted its own BVO ban.
- There appears to be no major pushback from industry on the decision and Health Canada received just 5 comments responding to its initial proposal, all of them supportive of the ban and the transition period.
Health Canada Finalizes Brominated Vegetable Oil Ban
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
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